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This 6 page paper discusses George Eliot's review of Wilhelm Riehl's description of German peasant life, and whether or not her assessment of his work matches the way she treats her characters in Felix Holt; it also discusses her use of landscape to define character. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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interest, and the characters in her novels ring true because they are so well grounded in the realities of their times. Although her books arent particularly cheerful (I wouldnt
recommend The Mill on the Floss as a cure for depression) they are remarkably detailed and give us a good look at life in the era in which theyre set.
This paper discusses George Eliots review of Wilhelm Riehls description of German peasant life, and whether or not her assessment of his work matches the way she treats her
characters in Felix Holt; it also discusses her use of landscape to define character. Eliot and Riehl Eliot interprets Riehl in an essay in which she
explains his beliefs. She says that Riehl saw European society as "incarnate history" and "any attempt to disengage it from its historical elements" would destroy it (Cooke, 1884). He
believed that society evolves over a period of time through the operation of "necessary laws," and can only die out in a similar way (i.e., through the operation of those
same laws) (Cooke, 1884). Riehl also opined that the outward condition of a society was nothing more than a mirror for the internal conditions of those who comprised
it; that is, if a society is to be just, fair and rational, it has to be made up of individuals who are themselves just, fair and rational (Cooke, 1884).
Of course, this isnt easy: "As a necessary preliminary to a purely rational society, you must obtain purely rational men ... which is as easy as to get
running streams without springs, or the leafy shade of the forest without the secular growth of trunk and branch" (Cooke, 1884). He goes on to compare societal historical conditions with
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