In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and allusion seriously, and this book is an attempt to do just that. Roberts considers the epigraph as a
| ISBN: | 9781800641587 |
| Publication date: | 31st March 2021 |
| Author: | Adam Roberts |
| Publisher: | Open Book Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
In Middlemarch, George Eliot draws a character passionately absorbed by abstruse allusion and obscure epigraphs. Casaubon's obsession is a cautionary tale, but Adam Roberts nonetheless sees in him an invitation to take Eliot's use of epigraphy and allusion seriously, and this book is an attempt to do just that.
Middlemarch features in the following genres: Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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Middlemarch was written by Adam Roberts and published by Open Book Publishers
Middlemarch has 160 pages