Adam Bede, George Eliot - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Adam, Ian. “The Structure of Realisms in Adam Bede.” In Nineteenth Century Fiction 30, No. 2 (September 1975): 127-49.
Looks at how the level of accuracy with which commonplace subject matter is presented has structural significance to Adam Bede.
Adams, Kimberly VanEsveld. “Feminine Godhead, Feminist Symbol: The Madonna in George Eliot, Ludwig Feuerbach, Anna Jameson, and Margaret Fuller.” In Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 12, No. 1 (Spring 1996): 41-70.
Argues that by placing Adam in the role of Christ figure and Dinah as the Madonna, Adam Bede becomes a representation of the Godhead's female qualities; through this configuration of the female earthly ideal, the Madonna figure becomes a means to criticize social oppression of women.
Anderson, Roland F. “George Eliot Provoked: John Blackwood and Chapter Seventeen of Adam Bede.” In...
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