Brunning, Jane (2008) Wandering Between Two Worlds: Schopenhauer's Pessimism, Feuerbach's Optimism, and the Quest for Salvation in George Eliot and Thomas Hardy. Doctoral thesis, University of Central Lancashire.
Brunning, Jane (2003) The Issue of Salvation in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and Daniel Deronda. Masters thesis, University of Central Lancashire.