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Hi All,

This might be too much but I cant help but post the full book about George Eliot.Its called Experiments in Life; George Eliot's Quest for Values by Bernard J. Paris.There are many reasons for posting the full book:
1) I love George Eliot
2) I love George Eliot, and
3) This is my Blog. I rule!!!

So, here is the book (where? where?). Here is a brief lowdown on the book itself.

Since F. R. Leavis included George Eliot within the Great Tradition, there have been a number of studies both of her life and of her works. None, however, attempts what I try to do here. For another book which examines her ideas in relation to her time, and her art in relation to her ideas, we must go back to George Willis Cooke's , first published in 1883. I do not mean to say that there has been no interest in her ideas; critics continually cite her humanism as one of the main reasons why we find her so interesting. But recent students of George Eliot have been primarily concerned with her technique, with analyzing her formal qualities and establishing her greatness as an artist. My study of her intellectual development and of the ways in which she employed her novels in her quest for values in a Godless universe will, I hope, contribute to a more complete appreciation of her achievement. (Bernard J. Paris, Preface)

Now what U make of the book is solely up to U but I have done my job.

Bye for now!!!

Dont forget to post a comment on this blog so that I know that U were here.

Siddharth

Hi Folks,

I am back again. I have fixed a few things in this blog. From now on anyone can post comments on Litbits. U don't have to be a member of this blog.

Back to business again, this is about our dear Jane Austen. Its a full book so U can follow the link i.e., the title of this post, and then read it online or download it and print it. Don't forget to be grateful to university of Florida Library and the author, Bernard J. Paris for this great favor.

Before U follow the link here is a litbit about the book:

"The central thesis of this study is that Jane Austen's mature novels are not the models of organic unity which most critics hold them to be, but that they are beset by tensions between form, theme, and mimesis. As the first chapter will show, these tensions have several sources, the most important of which is the fact that Austen's protagonists are at once aesthetic, illustrative, and mimetic characters. They are "creations inside a creation" and, as such, are "often engaged in treason against the main scheme of the book." Since they have "numerous parallels with people like ourselves," they must be understood not only in formal and thematic, but also in motivational terms, in the same way that we understand real human beings." (Paris, Characters and Conflicts..., 9)

I know this might seem relevant only to the I year students but I guess there is no harm in reading more about Jane Austen in general and Pride and Prejudice in particular especially from the psychological perspective.

Enjoy!!!
Siddharth

I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong.

- Richard Feynman

Hi Folks,

Here are the guidelines prescribed by the Modern Language Association for the writers of research papers.( just click on the title above). The information is pretty exhaustive but is worth the time and money(netcafe readers).
And those who believe that small is beautiful I have the following link:

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

But then it has a few limitations of its own. So, my bet is on the first link.

What do ya'll think? You can post your comments and suggestions below. They're most welcome.

Hi All,

Now that I have learned a bit about how to use the Blog with all its settings and a few tweaks, I thought I should post something! So, I will take this as an opportunity to ride my hobby horse i.e., my favourites. Hence below is a link to some of the greatest(?) religious poems ever written. I hope these poems will help U understand John Donne better and give U some more material to back yr arguments with. Please do read Sonnet No. I, No. II, No. VII, No. XI, No. XVII and No. XVIII.

http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/donne02.html

Coming Up John Donne's Love Poems


peace out!!!
Kandid

Cheer Up, the worst is yet to come. -Philander Johnson