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The introduction was followed by Manami Tamura, an associate professor of Toyohashi University of Technology, presenting a paper on 'Eliot and Evangelicalism' . Referring to Eliot's critical remarks against Evangelical novelists in the Westminster Review and her review of Harriet Beec...

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Published inThe George Eliot review no. 41; p. 106
Main Author Nagai, Yohko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Coventry George Eliot Fellowship 01.01.2010
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American literature
Arendt, Hannah
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
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Summary:The introduction was followed by Manami Tamura, an associate professor of Toyohashi University of Technology, presenting a paper on 'Eliot and Evangelicalism' . Referring to Eliot's critical remarks against Evangelical novelists in the Westminster Review and her review of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred, she examined the depiction of religious faith (especially evangelicalism) in Scenes of Clerical Life. Through close analysis, he explained how Eliot modifies the traditional typology to develop her characters like Adam and Deronda and how this has enabled her to idealize her characters without infringing on her commitment to realism, thus achieving the 'ideal realism' of her characters. Because the Victorian typology was transformed to a more humanistic form by EhOt, Professor Oshima argued that the typological thinking managed to live on in her works even when the traditional typology faced a decline.
ISSN:1358-345X