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George Giaaing, Hie Life End Work Margaret Ionise Flock Submitted in Partial Fulfillmont of the Requirement* for the Degree of M George Gissing; his life and work Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Fiock, Margaret Louise Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 07/10/2021 12:24:03 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/553950 George Giaaing, Hie Life end Work bj Margaret Ionise Flock Submitted in partial fulfillmont of the requirement* for the degree of Master of Arts in the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences of the University of Arizona <1cXV: O F / f a ? 2 9 G20RGE GI3SI5G, HIS LIFE AMD WORK. OUTLIHE Introdao tlon. A# Farpoae? to show Gl88lag's place as a m m of let­ ters and to trace the factors which gave him this place. 1. Through a study of Gleslag's life. 2. Through a study of Gissing'a works. 3. Through a study of Giesing's place as & man of letters. B. Statement: to give a summary of the work already done in the field, its value and emphasis. I. The life of George Giseing as reflected throu^i his Letters and Ryeoroft Papers. A. Early life from 1857-1877. 1. Parentage. 2. Boyhood. 3. Schooling. 4. American experience. B. Life from return from America to first Italian vis­ it, 1877-1888. 1. German experience. 71716 3 S» Marriage (first)* 3, W?rtorg..in DagSLto JDemos * 4* Demos to first Italian rleit* 0# M f e from return from Italy to Ionian Sea vimlt, 1888-1898, 1» Marriage (second)♦ 2. Settlement at Exeter* 8, Second Italian visit* B* Life from Crown of Life to end* 1898-1905, 1* Last years of industry, 8* Death, 1903. II. The work of George Oieeing# A* The novels, 1* Influeneee• 8, Plots. 3. Cheraoterisations and dialogues, 4. Settings and atmosphere. B. The other work. 1* The Private Papers of Henry Bveeroft. 2. By the Ionian Sea and Letters* 3* Diokea&. 4, end The House of Cobwebs, 4 > ;■ III* the place of George Glsslng as a man of letters* A* Some stylistic qualities. 1* J. D* Bar•■ford18 oxitioism* 8# W* f * Young1® or it lei sci* 5* A personal estimate * B* A general critical estimate* 1. Hay Yates* 8* Thomas Seeooabe• 5* Anonymous. V-:". 4* Smmiary* 8 G30BGB GISSIIIG, HIS LIFE AID WORK. WORKIIIG BIBLIOGRAPHY (Reetr let Iona follow library llmitattewi) X* WORKS. Letters» Boston* Houston Mifflin, 1927 • Born In Erlle. London and Bdinborgh, A. and 0. Bleak, By the Ionian Sea. London, Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1905* Char lea Dickens. Hew York, Dodd Meed end Company, 1904. The Crown of Life. London, Methuen and Company, 1899. Demos* London, Smith, Elder, and Company, 1897* Pencil Qaarrier * London, Lawrence end Ballon, 1892. The Emancipated. London, A. H. Ballon, 1901. Eve's Hansom. London, A. H. Ballon, 1901* The House of Cobwebs end other stories. Hew York. E. P* Saiton and Company, 1907. Homan Odds and Ends. London, Sidgorick and Jaokaon, Ltd*, 1911. InJthe.J7ear.of Juhilee. Hew York, A. L. Bart Company, (c) 1897. Isabel Clarendon. London, Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1886. The Bother World. London, Smith, Elder, and Company, 190? e The lew Crab Street. How York, R. P. Fern© and Company, 1906. 6 ghe Odd Woman» LonSoa, A* E. Bullen* 1905e Oar Friend tfaa Charlatim> London, Chapman ond Hall, Ltd., 1901* The Private Paoera of Henry Ryeoroft* Hew York, S. P* Button and Company, 190#* Thyrsa. London, Smith, Ha«r, m a Company, 1907* The gown Traveler. Hew York, F. A* Stokes, 1898. Tho Pnolassed. London, Lav/renoo and Bullen, 1895* Yeranllda* Hew York, $1* P. Dutton end Company, 1905* 'The Whirlpool. Hew York, F* A* Stokos and Company, 1897* Will T/arburton. Hew,.York, 2* P. Dutton and OoBqpaay, 1905. II* CEITICIS1B. The Encyclopedia Britarmica. Cambridge, at the Dniver- .. : r , . - : Gity Prow, 1910*. ■ ■ ■ Bnoyclopodia Universal Illustrada* Ho* 28, Barcelona, : SI3os de 8. Baposa, 1985. FOLLSTT, Helen Thomaa, and Wilson* Some Modern Hovel- . lata. Hew,York, H. Holt end dompany, 1918. HARRIS OH, Frederic. Yeranllda. Preface. E. P. Dutton : m& Company, 190#. MORE, Paul Elmar. Shelhnrno Eaaava. Fifth Scries. G* P* L Putnam Bone, How iork and London, 1908* jSECCOHBS, Phomae. The Houoe of Cobwebs* Introduction* ^ E, P. IJutton ond dompany. Hew YSrk, 1907. ^ SWIMBRTOH, Frank. George Gissing. How York. George H* DorenTEd Company, (o.) 1923* (, x m s , May. George Giasing* Mmcheeter University Sresi, London Hew York, Longnana Green . and Company, 1928* EH. PSRIODICAIS # (1) Jan® 12, 1890. Hevlew of toy (Roferenoo from Seooombe, x (2) Petooary 21. If03. 1: 234. Review of Private -------- - ^ arv By® or of t. ' ------- (3) laoasry 2, If04, 1$ 18. 3totohev k- ■ (4) January 16, 1904. Sketch by 0. P# Keary* (Reference from Seoeembe, Iv.) ^..At^nti^onthly. ■ • . ’ v - ■ (l) February, 1904 , 93: 380*2. Idealiat reallet. %he Bookman (1) 14: 96. (2) February* 16: 600-3. Works of S» Bjerl (3) February, 1914, 38; 590-1. » a l l of Gigsing. (4) Haroh, 1914. 39; 6-9. George Stearns. Giss- ing in America. &uL&teOTar., (1) December a, 1912, 45: 1180-1. Body matching in Fiction. (1) October 2, 1899. H. G. Wells. 8 (2) April 28, 1906, 249; 2 S M 2 e BeooileetlonB. (3) , Deceraber-17, 1904, 243: 733-.il, J. D* Find- later ♦ 2ho Spokesman of despairs (4) March 16, 1912, 272; 675-80. Hew lights. (5) fibreaber 11, 1928. E. 3. Osborn. Dismal Dickons. (Beterenoe from Seooombo, lv.) gho Hat Ion. (1) January 17, 1907 , 84 : 53-5. P. E. More. Estimate. ' , ' ' t’2) August 17, 1916, 103: 154. 2. G. Goodspeod^ ■ Letter. ' ' ' " (1) Septe^aer, 60; 453-63. A. Harrison. (2) September, 1927, 102; 417-24. E. Gieslng. CharEtqtor Sketch. 9 xmoxoesioi At Purpose of this Pa^er. More than a docad© has elapsed since the death of (Merge R* Oieeing, end almost a half century since he published M s first novel* In the period eueoeedlng M s death his nano has become even more obscure than in the years of his life* It is neither my desire nor my purpose to per* petoato his name or to spread the small fame which he justly earned; indeed, that would be the last thing he would have desired * I wish merely to show him as a man worthy of study, and to point to the factors which seem to have made him what he was, I plan to accomplish this throw# three topless First, I shall give a study of his life in the form of a biography', basing my study upon his publish­ ed Letters and The Ryeoroft Papers, with additional biograph­ ical facts not found therein* I shall here be giving Oiss* ing's entire life, trying to show the influence which affect­ ed M s work, his life, and his personality* This will be in many respects the moat original section of this paper inas­ much as no thorough analysis of George Giosing’o life has be­ fore been worked out, and none that T. have been able to find, from a careful study of his letters* Second. I shall make a study of his works. basing my study, not only upon the works themselves, somo twenty-eight in number, but also upon a study of the dev­ elopment of the English novel through the decode preceding (Hosing, in which Dickens and Thackeray are prominent fig* ■ ■">' - ■ urea* Under hie works I shall show a development in thou- #it and style, the reflection of hie life therein, and his plots, characterisations, and settings♦ Much of this will be throng the words of various eminent orltios* Third, X shall give George Gisaing*s •>:>V ■' ' place as a man of letters and a general eetiaats of the place hie books will take in the history of the English nov- - / el* This will be accomplished through a personal evaluation as in conclusion from the research of this paper# Perhaps a statement of the work already done in this field will enable the reader to obtain a bet­ ter understanding of its problems* Besides various bits published in magasines, of some value, but mostly incorpor­ ated in later publications upon the matter, as previously stated, very little has been done upon his life, thou# more attention has been paid to his works# Criticism here is either directly contradictory or much the same# There seems to have been very little new thought since the first critic­ al estimate • Biographies here available are just appended surveys to his critical works. These are £6nh4 in The Canhridge History, volume 13, in an article hy W * T • Young; in the introduction to The House of Cobwebs, by Thomas Seooombe: in George Gissinn. an apprecia­ tion, by May Yates; in Shelburne Essays, the fifth series; by laal Elmer More; in Some Modern novelists, by Helen Thomas Eollett and Wilson Foliott; and in George Gissina. a critical study, by Frank Swinnorton. Only Yates and Swinnertoa are very extensive* The Life and Work of George Gissing. I. Tho, Life P.f OoorRe. GiaslnK as reflected thromdi .his "Foolishly arrogant as I was," writes Gissing in The Private Pmexs _Qf Henry Hyeoroft. "I used to judge the worth of a person by his intellectual power aid attainment• I could see no good where there was no logic, no charm where there was no learning* How I think that one has to distinguish between two forms of intelligence, that of brain, and that of the heart, and I have oorae to regard the second as by far the most important♦" With this same quotation Alfred A* Gissing prefaces the letters of his fa­ ther in their published form.
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