This volume of specially commissioned essays provides accessible introductions to all aspects of George Eliot's writing by some of the most distinguished new and established scholars and critics of Victorian literature. The essays are comprehensive, scholarly and lucidly written, and at the same time offer original insights into the work of one of the most important Victorian novelists, and into her complex and often scandalous career. With its supplementary material, including a chronology and a guide to further reading, this Companion is an invaluable tool for scholars and students alike.
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"Provides helpful overviews of central issues in George Eliot's art." Studies in English Literature
"Throughout, the language is appropriate for the intended audience, so readers new to Eliot will find the volume helpful." CHOICE Dec 2001
"These two volumes [are] each highly impressive in its own way ... truly a friendly volume ... The reader of these volumes will find interest, sympathy, and (most importantly) critical imaginatin, to open us cheeringly to new readings of the fictions of George Eliot." Victorian Studies
"Splendid...[an] excellent work." Victorian Periodicals Review
"Throughout, the language is appropriate for the intended audience, so readers new to Eliot will find the volume helpful." CHOICE Dec 2001
"These two volumes [are] each highly impressive in its own way ... truly a friendly volume ... The reader of these volumes will find interest, sympathy, and (most importantly) critical imaginatin, to open us cheeringly to new readings of the fictions of George Eliot." Victorian Studies
"Splendid...[an] excellent work." Victorian Periodicals Review
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This volume of specially commissioned essays provides accessible introductions to all aspects of George Eliot's writing by some of the most distinguished new and established scholars and critics of Victorian literature. The essays are comprehensive, scholarly and lucidly written, and at the same time offer original insights into the work of one of the most important Victorian novelists, and into her complex and often scandalous career. With its supplementary material, including a chronology and a guide to further reading, this Companion is an invaluable tool for scholars and students alike.
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"George Eliot came into existence on 4 February 1857, as the pseudonym offered by 37-year-old fledgling novelist Marian Evans to her new publisher, William Blackwood, to use as ""a tub to throw to the whale in case of curious inquiries"" (GEL, 11:292)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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George Eliot, New York, Daniel Deronda, Adam Bede, The Mill, Felix Holt, Marian Evans, George Henry Lewes, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Silas Marner, Mary Ann, John Blackwood, Theophrastus Such, William Blackwood, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, University of Chicago Press, Westminster Review, Amos Barton, Cornell University Press, Dorothea Brooke, Brother Jacob, Henry James, Maggie Tulliver, Maria Lewis New!
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"George Eliot came into existence on 4 February 1857, as the pseudonym offered by 37-year-old fledgling novelist Marian Evans to her new publisher, William Blackwood, to use as ""a tub to throw to the whale in case of curious inquiries"" (GEL, 11:292)." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
realist program, silly novels, clerical life, lady novelists, literary publishing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Eliot, New York, Daniel Deronda, Adam Bede, The Mill, Felix Holt, Marian Evans, George Henry Lewes, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Silas Marner, Mary Ann, John Blackwood, Theophrastus Such, William Blackwood, Nineteenth-Century Fiction, University of Chicago Press, Westminster Review, Amos Barton, Cornell University Press, Dorothea Brooke, Brother Jacob, Henry James, Maggie Tulliver, Maria Lewis New!
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- Daniel Deronda (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot on 69 pages
- Adam Bede (Oxford World's Classics) by George Eliot on 46 pages
- George Eliot: Centenary Essays and an Unpublished Fragment (Barnes and Nobel Critical Studies) by Anne Smith on 11 pages
- Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot on 11 pages
- The Spanish Gypsy: The Legend of Jubal and Other Poems, Old and New by George Eliot on 10 pages
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- George Eliot and the British Empire (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) by Nancy Henry in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900 by Josephine McDonagh in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Novel of Purpose: Literature and Social Reform in the Anglo-American World by Amanda Claybaugh on page 129, and Back Matter
- Knowing the Past: Victorian Literature and Culture by Suzy Anger on page 61, and Back Matter
- George Eliot: The Novels (Analysing Texts (Palgrave MacMillan)) by Mike Edwards on page 191, and Back Matter
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