The world of Mr Casaubon: Britain's wars of mythography, 1700-1870

The World of Mr Casaubon takes as its point of departure a fictional character - Mr Casaubon in George Eliot's classic novel, Middlemarch. The author of an unfinished 'Key to All Mythologies', Casaubon has become an icon of obscurantism, irrelevance and futility. Crossing conventional...

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Main Author: Kidd, Colin 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Series/Journal:Ideas in context 115
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Eliot, George 1819-1880, Middlemarch
B English language / Novel / Myth (Motif) / History 1700-1870
RelBib Classification:KDE Anglican Church
Further subjects:B Great Britain Intellectual life 18th century
B Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century
B Church of England History 19th century
B Mythology ; History
B Church of England History 18th century
B Orientalism ; Great Britain
B Orientalism (Great Britain)
B Mythology History
B Eliot, George 1819-1880
B Mythologists (Great Britain)
B Church of England ; History ; 19th century
B Church of England ; History ; 18th century
B Great Britain ; Intellectual life ; 19th century
B Great Britain ; Intellectual life ; 18th century
B Mythologists ; Great Britain
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
Print version: 9781107027718

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