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George Eliot, Poetess (Hardcover, New Ed)
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George Eliot, Poetess (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The position of George Eliot's poetry within Victorian poetry and
within her own canon is crucial for an accurate picture of the
writer, as Wendy S. Williams shows in her in-depth examination of
Eliot's poetry and her role as poetess. Williams argues that even
more clearly than her fiction, Eliot's poetry reveals the
development of her belief in sympathy as a replacement for orthodox
religious views. With knowledge of the Bible and a firm
understanding of society's expectations for female authorship,
Eliot consciously participated in a tradition of women poets who
relied on feminine piety and poetry to help refine society through
compassion and fellow-feeling. Williams examines Eliot's poetry in
relationship to her gender and sexual politics and her shifting
religious beliefs, showing that Eliot's views on gender and
religion informed her adoption of the poetess persona. By taking
into account Eliot's poetess treatment of community and motherhood,
Williams suggests, readers come to view her not only as a writer of
fiction, an intellectual, and a social commentator, but also as a
woman who longed to nurture, participate in, and foster human
relationships.
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