Greatness engendered George Eliot and Virginia Woolf
In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George Eliot and Virginia Woolf radically conflicting attitudes on the part of each toward the possibility of feminine greatness
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY
Cornell University Press
1992, 1992
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| Series: | Reading Women Writing
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Greatness Engendered; Contents; Preface; Frequently Cited Works; Introduction: The Great Woman Writer, the Canon, and Feminist Tradition; 1. Something to Do: The Ideology of Influence and the Context of Contemporary Feminism; 2. The Burden of Personality: Biographical Criticism and Narrative Strategy; 3. Eliot and Woolf as Historians of the Common Life; 4. Miracles in Fetters: Heroism and the Selfless Ideal; 5. Trespassing in Cultural History: The Heroines of Romola and Orlando; 6. ""God was cruel when he made women"": Felix Holt and The Years
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-302) and index
- Introduction : the great woman writer, the canon, and feminist tradition
- 1. Something to do : the ideology of influence and the context of contemporary feminism
- 2. The burden of personality : biographical criticism and narrative strategy
- 3. Eliot and Woolf as historians of the common life
- 4. Miracles in fetters: heroism and the selfless ideal
- 5. Trespassing in cultural history : the heroines of Romola and Orlando
- 6. 'God was cruel when he made women' : Felix Holt and The years
- 7. 'The ancient consciousness of woman' : a feminist archaeology of Daniel Deronda and between the acts
- 7. ""The Ancient Consciousness of Woman"": A Feminist Archaeology of Daniel Deronda and Between the ActsWorks Cited; Index