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Contents: I. Religion, evolution, and the novel; 1. 1888 and a look backwards; 2. George Eliot, Walter Pater, and Samuel Butler: three types of search; II. George Eliot: the search for a religious tradition; 1. George Eliot and science; 2. George Eliot and the "higher criticism"; 3. George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, and tradition; III. Middlemarch: the



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I. Religion, Evolution, and the Novel, pg. 1*II. George Eliot: The Search for a Religious Tradition, pg. 24*III. Middlemarch: The Balance of Progress, pg. 72*IV. Daniel Deronda: Tradition as Synthesis and Salvation, pg. 116*V. Walter Pater: The Search for a Religious Atmosphere, pg. 149*VI. The "Atmospheres" of Martus the Epicurean, pg. 189*VII. Samuel Butler: The Search for a Religious Crossing, pg. 224*VIII. Reality and Utopia in The Way of All Flesh, pg. 257*Appendix I, pg. 297*Index, pg. 301

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691621159, 978-0691621159
      ISBN10: 0691621152

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Contents: I. Religion, evolution, and the novel; 1. 1888 and a look backwards; 2. George Eliot, Walter Pater, and Samuel Butler: three types of search; II. George Eliot: the search for a religious tradition; 1. George Eliot and science; 2. George Eliot and the "higher criticism"; 3. George Eliot, Matthew Arnold, and tradition; III. Middlemarch: the



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I. Religion, Evolution, and the Novel, pg. 1*II. George Eliot: The Search for a Religious Tradition, pg. 24*III. Middlemarch: The Balance of Progress, pg. 72*IV. Daniel Deronda: Tradition as Synthesis and Salvation, pg. 116*V. Walter Pater: The Search for a Religious Atmosphere, pg. 149*VI. The "Atmospheres" of Martus the Epicurean, pg. 189*VII. Samuel Butler: The Search for a Religious Crossing, pg. 224*VIII. Reality and Utopia in The Way of All Flesh, pg. 257*Appendix I, pg. 297*Index, pg. 301

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