Dismal Loneliness: George Eliot, Auguste Comte, and 'The Lifted Veil'
Title
Dismal Loneliness: George Eliot, Auguste Comte, and 'The Lifted Veil'
Description
'The Lifted Veil' is a curious novella from an author who made the organic form so much her own, focusing as it does upon actions which continually interrupt and fragment the narrative; with its emphasis on the supernatural, on bizarre pseudo-scientific experiments, attempted murder and gothic horror it seems out…
Creator
Judith Siford
Source
George Eliot Review
1995: 26, 46-52
1995: 26, 46-52
Publisher
GER and George Eliot Archive
Date
Published 1995
Digitized 2017
Digitized 2017
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Citation
Judith Siford, “Dismal Loneliness: George Eliot, Auguste Comte, and 'The Lifted Veil',” George Eliot Review Online, accessed March 4, 2021, https://georgeeliotreview.org/items/show/407.