Date of Award
1983
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Coyle, William
Abstract
To appreciate and understand the child's perspective is George Eliot's objective and achievement in many of her novels. Her sympathetic attitude towards children, which was strongly influenced by Wordsworth's idealization of childhood, is expressed in four ways: 1) the child's appearance, actions, speech, and thoughts; 2) anecdotes and comments in which George Eliot speaks directly to the reader; 3) the attitude of adults toward children and their own childhood; and 4) child imagery. In Eliot's early novels children are frequently the main characters; in her late novels the child is depicted in retrospect, as an adult character recalls childhood.
Extent
69 p.
Recommended Citation
BUBIS, RITA S., "STUDY OF THE CHILD IN FIVE GEORGE ELIOT NOVELS" (1983). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 276.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/276
Identifier
FADT14161
Comments
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1983.|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection