Abstract
The article discusses distant fathers in the novels of George Eliot within the context of the nineteenth century. In the nineteenth-century Britain, the father’s role is best defined by Nelson, “authority, guidance and financial support”. (Natalie 2011, p.155) The article is devoted to explore the distant or absent fathers, which means no guidance, protection, and financial support to the children. The absence might be the consequences of many aspects relating to fathers. The father could be absent either physically or emotionally. The article argues that Eliot seeks and yearns for a perfect fatherhood by showing some shortcomings of the father and its effects on the lives of their children.
Highlights
In the nineteenth-century Britain, the father’s role is best defined by Nelson, “authority, guidance and financial support.” (McKnight 2011, p.155) So, the absence of the father means no guidance, protection and financial support to the children
The distant and stern fathers emanated from the working-class and the middleclass men who had to spend long time away from the home and returned too tired to be involved in any activity, which John Tosh calls the “flight from domesticity”. (Tosh 1999, p. 175) Most of the fathers in George Eliot’s fiction, in Natalia B
In Silas Marner Squire Cass, in Adam Bede Thais Bede and in Felix Holt: The Radical Mr Transome are the examples of barren presence who have no concern over what is going on in their children’s lives
Summary
In the nineteenth-century Britain, the father’s role is best defined by Nelson, “authority, guidance and financial support.” (McKnight 2011, p.155) So, the absence of the father means no guidance, protection and financial support to the children. The distant and stern fathers emanated from the working-class and the middleclass men who had to spend long time away from the home and returned too tired to be involved in any activity, which John Tosh calls the “flight from domesticity”. 175) Most of the fathers in George Eliot’s fiction, in Natalia B. (Cole 2011, p.33) These fathers either have no concern about the lives of their children, or they are absent physically. The barren presence of the fathers will be discussed
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