TY  - JOUR
TT  - GEORGE ELIOT’S MIDDLEMARCH: THE URGE OF REFORM AND PROGRESS IN VICTORIAN NOVEL
AU  - Demirbaş, Leman
PY  - 2017
DA  - December
DO  - 10.20304/humanitas.289303
JF  - HUMANITAS - Uluslararası Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi
JO  - Humanitas
PB  - Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-088X
SP  - 15
EP  - 26
VL  - 5
IS  - 10
KW  - Middlemarch
KW  - Viktoryen Roman
KW  - Reform
KW  - Yeni Tarihselcilik Kuramı
N2  - Middlemarch is not only one of the greatest novels ofGeorge Eliot but also one of the most popular and bulkiest novels in Englishliterature, with its richly-peopled story, multi-plot structure, andoutnumbering themes and arguments. The grandeur of Middlemarch has been perhaps due to its intellectual powers toinclude major ideas of the Victorian England, which also attracts contemporaryreaders as well, such as the idea of reform and progress at the aftermath ofIndustrial Revolution, the rise of science and scientific thought with itsinfluence on theology, the changing face of the new world despite the old, and theoverall prosperity of Victorian England greatly developing and reaching to theone tenth of the world’s soil. George Eliot situates her novel within such acomplex scene of early 19th century and reflects the intermingleddevelopments of the time in the fictitious world of Middlemarch community. Yetshe not only reflects these discussions but also participates in themintellectually in Middlemarch.Interested in Victorian urge and relish on the ideas of reform and progress, thispaper analyzes Middlemarch with a NewHistoricist look to be able to grasp the idea of reform in the novel andevaluate it on political, scientific, and social grounds.
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.20304/humanitas.289303
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/388728
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