The Pseudonym-Effect of “George Eliot”
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This essay examines the pseudonym-effect of “George Eliot” at the publication of Adam Bede. “George Eliot” sparked much controversy for the authorship of Adam Bede due to its unknown status. As contemporary reviewers realized the high quality of realism manifest in the novel, they became more curious about this unknown “George Eliot” who created it. Although George Eliot was recognized for her androgynous writing in Adam Bede, her existence was destabilized into many different forms during its secrecy. In other words, “George Eliot” in its early stage of fictive life suffered an extreme degree of fragmentation and celebration at the same time with the launch of the author’s first full-length realist novel. Thus, George Eliot’s pseudonymity produced diametrically opposing authorial selves of a genius and a bogus. Such displacement of “George Eliot” formed a stark contrast with Adam Bede often touted as a representative Victorian realist work.
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This essay examines the pseudonym-effect of “George Eliot” at the publication of Adam Bede. “George Eliot” sparked much controversy for the authorship of Adam Bede due to its unknown status. As contemporary reviewers realized the high quality of realism manifest in the novel, they became more curious about this unknown “George Eliot” who created it. Although George Eliot was recognized for her androgynous writing in Adam Bede, her existence was destabilized into many different forms during its secrecy. In other words, “George Eliot” in its early stage of fictive life suffered an extreme degree of fragmentation and celebration at the same time with the launch of the author’s first full-length realist novel. Thus, George Eliot’s pseudonymity produced diametrically opposing authorial selves of a genius and a bogus. Such displacement of “George Eliot” formed a stark contrast with Adam Bede often touted as a representative Victorian realist work.
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