| Heroic Commitment in Richardson, Eliot, and James Subjects: ENGLISH FICTION -- HISTORY AND CRITICISM; COMMITMENT (PSYCHOLOGY) IN LITERATURE; ALIENATION (SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY) IN LITERATURE; SOCIAL VALUES IN LITERATURE; RICHARDSON SAMUEL 1689-1761 -- CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION; ELIOT GEORGE 1819-1880 -- CRITICIS; Patricia McKee demonstrates that Richardson, Eliot, and James see disorderliness and indeterminacy in the human self, human relations, and literature as primary sources of meaningfulness. The relationships these novels portray as most satisfying are unsettled and unsettling, interfering with rather than contributing to social stability. |