Concetti Chiave
- George Eliot was a pseudonym for a woman who defied social norms of her era, born in Yorkshire around 1819.
- Her literary works often reflect her happy childhood in Yorkshire, highlighting the countryside lifestyle.
- Eliot immersed herself in cultural circles of Coventry and London, enhancing her knowledge and meeting influential figures.
- Her partnership with Lewis, despite societal scandal, marked a productive period for her writing.
- Eliot's novels, like "The Mill on the Floss," focused on middle-class life and real social issues, contrasting with Dickens' depiction of slums.
George Eliot
George Eliot was a male pseudonym used by a woman, famous because she went against social conventions of her time. She was born in Yorkshire around 1819; her childhood was very happy, in fact she speaks in his novels of the happiness she lived in the countryside of Yorkshire describing the lifestyle of that place. She studied at Coventry, then to the death of his father he studied in London. In these places, she was introduced in cultural events and places of the moment knowing the most important personalities of her time, and in this way improved her knowledge.
She had a particular personality.
In this place she knows Lewis, an intellectual of the period, who was married with three children, and given that he could not divorce they decided to live together. This was the best time for her work, because she reached a maximum period of peace where she managed to concentrate and pay attention only on her novels and works. When Lewis died, she decided to marry a man 20 years younger than her, and this caused a sensation at the time.The most important novel was "The mill on the floss" that reflected the life and the traditional family countryside. She wrote her novels not only for fun, not to entertain readers, but to describe and make reflections on new ideas and new techniques of her time. She wanted to introduce in her novels the life countryside in London and Yorkshire talking about the real social problems of his characters, considering the work and cultural problems, in fact, she spoke of the everyday problems of the middle class, to which belonged the doctors, merchants and traders. She did not removed never persons and characters from their real lives. Here we can see the differences between Eliot and Dickens. In fact, while Dickens describes the world of a particular part of London slums and special characters, such as thieves, murderers, drunk .. she speaks of the typical characters of middle - up class and their everyday problems
Domande da interrogazione
- ¿Por qué George Eliot utilizó un seudónimo masculino?
- ¿Cómo influyó su relación con Lewis en su trabajo?
- ¿Cuál es la diferencia principal entre las obras de George Eliot y Charles Dickens?
George Eliot usó un seudónimo masculino para desafiar las convenciones sociales de su tiempo y poder publicar sus obras en un entorno dominado por hombres.
La relación con Lewis le proporcionó un periodo de paz y concentración, lo que le permitió dedicarse plenamente a sus novelas y alcanzar un máximo desarrollo en su obra.
Mientras Dickens se enfocaba en los barrios bajos de Londres y personajes especiales como ladrones y asesinos, Eliot describía los problemas cotidianos de la clase media-alta, reflejando la vida real de sus personajes.
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