English Language and Literature ETDs

Publication Date

7-18-1945

Abstract

It is the purpose of this study to show the influence of higher criticism of the Bible upon the life and works of George Eliot. The critical attitude toward the Bible was the first disrupting influence felt by the brilliant mind of George Elliot, and “it created a change amounting to a revolution in Miss Evans's life. This study proposes to show the change in George Elliot’s life wrought by her first contacts with higher criticism, to trace its influence upon her motives and actions, to show how and to what extent it influenced her philosophical and intellectual development, and to follow its force and effect in her writings.

Degree Name

English

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

English

First Committee Member (Chair)

Willis Dana Jacobs

Second Committee Member

Thomas Matthews Pearce

Third Committee Member

Dane Farnsworth Smith

Document Type

Thesis

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