Les avatars du genre héroïque dans The Mill on the Floss de George Eliot
At first sight, The Mill on the Floss does not seem to have anything to do with the heroic genre. Like many other novels of the Victorian Age, it might be read as « a novel without a hero ». Admittedly there is no room for heroism in the matter-of-fact world of St. Ogg’s. Yet Tom comes to embody a s...
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2025
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| Shrnutí: | At first sight, The Mill on the Floss does not seem to have anything to do with the heroic genre. Like many other novels of the Victorian Age, it might be read as « a novel without a hero ». Admittedly there is no room for heroism in the matter-of-fact world of St. Ogg’s. Yet Tom comes to embody a sort of Smilesian heroism, suitable for modern times, a model which is challenged by Maggie’s feminine heroism, while the chivalric model re-emerges with the character of Bob Jakin, who might qualify as the real hero of the novel. |
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