A Theory of the Novel From a Study of Jane Austen and George Eliot
Degree Year
1938
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Advisor(s)
Robert Archibald Jelliffe
Keywords
George Eliot, Jane Austen, Novel
Abstract
The subject of this thesis came as a result of my interest in the. work of the two leading English women novelists, George Eliot, and Jane Austen. At the suggestion of Dr. R. A. Jelliffe, I set out to discover their stated theories of art and the novel, to see where their work fell short of their theories, where it fell short of what it had manifest itself to be in other instances, and from that to formulate a general theory of the novel. Thus I have moved from a general definition of art and the novel, to the theories of art held by Jane Austen. and George Eliot, to a criticism of their works in the light of their theories, and finally to a brief theory of the novel in the light of the whole.
Repository Citation
Dewitt Bulleit, Henrietta, "A Theory of the Novel From a Study of Jane Austen and George Eliot" (1938). Honors Papers. 954.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/954
