The Mysteries of Origin and the Need for a Happy Ending: George Meredith's Evan Harrington: He Could be a Gentleman.
A literary criticism of George Meredith's novel "Evan Harrington: He Could be A Gentleman," is presented which integrates Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory with moral dictums and Christianity. It cites that the story concerns itself with class differences and the moral code of a gentleman such as...
| Publicado en: | Victorian Newsletter no. 117; pp. 58 - 75 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Victorian Newsletter
Spring2010
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of George Meredith's novel "Evan Harrington: He Could be A Gentleman," is presented which integrates Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory with moral dictums and Christianity. It cites that the story concerns itself with class differences and the moral code of a gentleman such as honor and moral sensibility despite poverty. It cites the aim of the story to exploit Darwin's evolutionary theory. It considers the novel as one with contemporary significance presented in an acceptable form of popular literature. |
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