Title:
The Sensory Citizen-Witness: Liturgies of Torture in Mid-Victorian Martyrological Novels
Creator:
Anderson, Katherine Judith
Date:
2015
Description:
Journal article that situates Romola in the context of martyrological novels of the mid-Victorian period. I argue that these novels provide a sensory liturgy of torture that enlists readerly devotion primarily through the embodied act of reading. In Romola, being a good citizen comes before being a good religious believer, and Eliot underlines the relationship between sensory witnessing and good citizenship in Romola's relationship with Savonarola and his subsequent torture and execution.
Rights:
CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Collection:
Citation:
Katherine Judith Anderson, “The Sensory Citizen-Witness: Liturgies of Torture in Mid-Victorian Martyrological Novels,” George Eliot Scholars, accessed February 25, 2021, https://georgeeliotscholars.org/items/show/306.