The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans: George Eliot, Her Letters and Fiction (Reading Women Writing S.) [Paperback]

Rosemarie Bodenheimer (Author)

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Bodenheimer provides a richly compelling portrait of nineteenth-century British writer George Eliot. Restricted by Victorian convention, the enormously talented and ambitious Mary Ann Evans adopted the pen name "George Eliot" in order to publish a host of pseudonymous novels, stories, and poems. The author claims that by juxtaposing the voluminous correspondence of Mary Ann Evans with the fiction and poetry of George Eliot, one can gain significant conceptual insight into the complex and paradoxical character of both the woman and the writer. Rather than arranging this material in standard chronological fashion, Bodenheimer has elected to present her analysis via a series of critical issues that affected both the social and literary style of George Eliot throughout the course of her life. A fascinating hybrid of literary criticism and biography. Margaret Flanagan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801481848
• ISBN-13: 978-0801481840
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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