Most of George Gissing's 23 novels have a certain air of
autobiography, despite Gissing's frequent arguments that his
fictional plots bear little resemblance to his own life and
experiences. Starting with ""Workers in the Dawn"" (1880), almost
all of Gissing's fictional works are set in his own time period of
late - Victorian England, and five of his first six novels focus on
the working-class poor that Gissing would have encountered
frequently during his early writing career.While most recent
criticism focuses on Gissing's works as biographical narratives,
this work approaches Gissing's novels as purely imaginative works
of art, giving him the benefit of the doubt regardless of how well
his books seem to match up with the events of his own life. By
analyzing important themes in his novels and recognizing the power
of the artist's imagination, especially through the critical works
of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, the author reveals
how Gissing's novels present a lived feel of the world Gissing knew
firsthand. The author asserts that, at most, Gissing used his
personal experiences as a starting point to transform his own life
and thoughts into stories that explain the social, personal, and
cultural significance of such experiences.
General
Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
September 2008 |
Authors: |
Lewis D Moore
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Dimensions: |
226 x 150 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
236 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-3509-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-7864-3509-7 |
Barcode: |
9780786435098 |
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