The Life of George Eliot

A Critical Biography

Nancy Henry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2012
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-3705-8 (ISBN)

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The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work.

A fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life story
Includes original new analysis of her writing
Deploys the latest biographical research
Combines literary criticism with biographical narrative to offer a rounded perspective

Nancy Henry is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is the author of George Eliot and the British Empire (2002), the Cambridge Introduction to George Eliot (2008), and co-editor of Victorian Investments: New Perspectives on Finance and Culture (2009).

List of Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

List of Abbreviations xiii

1 The History of a Writer: George Eliot and Biographies 1

2 Early Years: 1819–50 22

3 London and Lewes: 1850–4 64

4 Marian Lewes and George Eliot: 1855–60 95

5 Silas Marner and Romola: 1860–4 120

6 Felix Holt and The Spanish Gypsy: 1865–9 153

7 Middlemarch: 1870–2 181

8 Daniel Deronda: 1873–6 207

9 Impressions of Theophrastus Such: 1877–9 235

10 The Final Years: 1879 to Cross’s Life 255

Bibliography 271

Index 287

Reihe/Serie	Blackwell Critical Biographies
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 236 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4051-3705-3 / 1405137053
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-3705-8 / 9781405137058
Zustand	Neuware