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George Eliot was passionate about music and her writing is steeped in musical allusion. This book explores musical reference in her work and investigates contexts such as Eliot's friendship with Wagner, the legacy of Romanticism, music's role in scientific theory, and the ambivalent status of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- George Eliot: Add a description of this character.
- Herbert Spencer
- Daniel Deronda
- Wagner
- Maggie Tulliver
- Klesmer
- Gwendolen
- Stephen
- Mirah
- Grandcourt
- Hoffmann
- Darwin
- Kreisler
- Helmholtz
- Margaret
- Mainzer
- Jane Eyre
- Mordecai
- Gaskell
- Dorothea
- Weimar
- Lydgate
- Gurney
- Wollstonecraft
- Browning
- Alcharisi
- Rosamond
- Davison
- Catherine Arrowpoint
- Mary Barton
- Mendelssohn
- Music
- Hermione
- Riehl
- Philip
- Ruskin
- Bellini
- Auerbach
- Gillian Beer
- Graf
- Adam Bede
- Jean Paul
- Liszt
- Shirreff
First Sentence edit
Jubal...watched the hammer, till his eyes, No longer following its fall or rise, Seemed glad with something that they could not see, But only listened to-some melody, Wherein dumb longings inward speech had found, Won from the common store of struggling sound.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Delia da Sousa Correa (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.8
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › 19th Century
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Movements & Periods › Victorian
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › European
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Authors
- Books › Entertainment › Music › History & Criticism
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
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