George Eliot and Victorian historiography : imagining the national past /

George Eliot and Victorian historiography : imagining the national past /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McCaw, Neil, 1969-
Imprint:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Description:	viii, 203 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880 -- Knowledge -- History. Eliot, George, -- 1819-1880 Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Historiography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Historical fiction, English -- History and criticism. National characteristics, English, in literature. History in literature. Art. Historical fiction, English. Historiography. History in literature. Literature and history. National characteristics, English, in literature. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4353791

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ISBN:	0312234139 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-200) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction: 'Those Far-Reaching Visions of the Past'
1. George Eliot and the (Meta) Narrativity of History
2. Imagining the National Past
3. A Natural History of English Life
4. A Carlylean Counter-Paradigm
5. Theodicy and History
6. Imagining the National Present
7. Unwritten Landscapes: Imagining the National Future
Conclusion: Beyond Victorian Historiography
Notes
Bibliography
Index