Preacher's vigil, landlord's watch: Charity by the clock in Adam Bede

Article Abstract:

George Eliot's doctrine of sympathy as evinced in 'Adam Bede', while having much in common with the moral attitudes of her equally compassionate contemporaries, was at the same time a reflection of the ethical ambitions of literary realism. Alongside her advocacy of a realist sympathy, Eliot provides a counter discourse in 'Adam Bede' that addresses a need to protect charity from the worst consequences of its systematic administration.

Works, Sympathy, Realism in literature, Realism (Literature)

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When bad things happen to bad people: liability and individual consciousness in "Adam Bede" and "Silas Marner"

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The manner in which 19th-century writer George Eliot portrays personal responsibility in her novels "Adam Bede" and "Silas Marner" is examined. Topics include Eliot's notions of social identity, political responsibility, individual autonomy, punishment, and reward.

United Kingdom, Ethics, Responsibility

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Loss, revelry, and the temporal measures of 'Silas Marner': performance, regret, recollection

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George Eliot's novel 'Silas Marner' can be seen as a meditation on loss and time. The main characters demonstrate connections between the capacity for moral action and a disposition toward experiencing time.

Grief, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age), Victorian period literature, 1832-1901

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