Description: Elizabeth Grubgeld presents a fresh look at the diverse experiments in fiction and the highly ironic and multi-generic performances Moore put forth as his life story. She focuses on the tension between Moore's fascination with deterministic theories of human behavior and his need to assert a principle of self-creation, his "autogenous self."
Brief description: Elizabeth Grubgeld is associate professor of modern British literature at Oklahoma State University. She has published a number of articles on Irish and British literature.
Review Quotes: All in all, George Moore and the Autogenous Self is a valuable and entirely worthwhile work of criticism, and a vital point of departure for future studies of Moore.-- "George O'Brien, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies"