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Conflicting Self-Perceptions in George Eliot's Romola

Conflicting Self-Perceptions in George Eliot's Romola The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 3, 1999 CONFLICTING SELF-PERCEPTIONS IN GEORGE ELIOT'S ROMOLA Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone George Eliot's Romola (1863) takes place in fifteenth-century Florence in the context of the tumultuous events leading up to the execution of Sa- vonarola (1452-98), a Roman Catholic friar who had become a charis- matic reformer. The title character, Romola, is the devoted daughter of Bardo, a descendant of the once-prominent Bardi family that had been "destroyed by popular rage in the middle of the fourteenth century" (Ch. 5). Bardo is now a "moneyless blind old scholar"' (Ch. 5), who, with Ro- mola's help, devotes himself to organizing and preserving his library as his legacy for his fellow citizens. Early in the story, Romola marries Tito, a Greek newcomer to Florence who poses as a scholar willing to help her father. In contrast to Romola, Tito has abandoned an aging parent: Before he came to Florence, he had left his stepfather Baldassarre behind follow- ing a shipwreck. The abandonment seems particularly outrageous to Bald- assarre, who had rescued Tito as a child from an abusive situation and adopted and raised him, only to experience betrayal in return. The contrast between http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Conflicting Self-Perceptions in George Eliot's Romola

Johnstone, Peggy
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 59 (3) – Oct 16, 2004
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1999 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1023/A:1021409425709
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 3, 1999 CONFLICTING SELF-PERCEPTIONS IN GEORGE ELIOT'S ROMOLA Peggy Fitzhugh Johnstone George Eliot's Romola (1863) takes place in fifteenth-century Florence in the context of the tumultuous events leading up to the execution of Sa- vonarola (1452-98), a Roman Catholic friar who had become a charis- matic reformer. The title character, Romola, is the devoted daughter of Bardo, a descendant of the once-prominent Bardi family that had been "destroyed by popular rage in the middle of the fourteenth century" (Ch. 5). Bardo is now a "moneyless blind old scholar"' (Ch. 5), who, with Ro- mola's help, devotes himself to organizing and preserving his library as his legacy for his fellow citizens. Early in the story, Romola marries Tito, a Greek newcomer to Florence who poses as a scholar willing to help her father. In contrast to Romola, Tito has abandoned an aging parent: Before he came to Florence, he had left his stepfather Baldassarre behind follow- ing a shipwreck. The abandonment seems particularly outrageous to Bald- assarre, who had rescued Tito as a child from an abusive situation and adopted and raised him, only to experience betrayal in return. The contrast between

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