Eliot and Realism

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The paper describes the realism of Eliot in both her prose and her poems as so intense that if the reader would close his or her eyes while still reading, they would see the images invoked in the work. The paper provides and analyzes several excerpts from Eliot's works.

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"George Eliot's work is engaging on so many levels, she draws the reader in to the web of the situation that is depicted. One of the most engaging aspects of most of her work is the engrossing realism. The realism is so intense that if the reader could close his or her eyes, while still reading they would see the images invoked in the work. This is true of Eliot's beloved novels as well as her prolific, but frequently unpublished works of poetry. Eliot demonstrates a sense of the age, naturalism and realism dominate the ideals of the Victorian era. Eliot has a way of making even the most mundane of scenes picturesque."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Eliot, George. The Best-Known Novels of George Eliot: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola. New York: Modern Library, 1940.
• Eliot, George, Brother and Sister http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.html
• Eliot, George, Two Lovers http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.html
• Eliot, George In a London Drawingroom http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.html
• Eliot, George, Mid my Gold-brown Curls http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/2696.html

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