Literary Transmigration
George Eliot, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and the Spirit of Transatlantic Exchange
Abstract
Reading several letters from the eleven-year correspondence alongside Dred and Daniel Deronda, this paper argues that the model of transatlantic spiritual communication presented by Stowe and Eliot’s epistolary friendship takes on a new and potentially radical light when applied to the concept of a transnational and post racial spiritual community. Each text fundamentally challenges the ability of the realist novel to depict a nuanced understanding of racial identity through the use of spiritualist and religious discourse and imagery.
Presentato: 30 Settembre 2020 | Accettato: 12 Dicembre 2020 | Pubblicato 21 Dicembre 2020 | Lingua: en
Keywords Harriet Beecher Stowe • Spiritualism • George Eliot • Transatlantic literature • Mysticism
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/EL/2420-823X/2020/01/008