- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (May 14 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 052166473X
- ISBN-13: 978-0521664738
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 440 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #658,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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
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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
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