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This second edition, including some new chapters, provides a revised introduction to all aspects of George Eliot's writing.
List of contents
1. Introduction - George Eliot and the art of realism Nancy Henry and George Levine; 2. A woman of many names Rosemarie Bodenheimer; 3. Marian Evans's journalism Fionnuala Dillane; 4. George Eliot and her publishers Donald Gray; 5. The early novels Josephine McDonagh; 6. The later novels Alexander Welsh; 7. George Eliot and money Dermot Coleman; 8. George Eliot and gender Kate Flint; 9. George Eliot and politics Nancy Henry; 10. George Eliot and science Amy M. King; 11. George Eliot and religion Barry V. Qualls; 12. George Eliot and philosophy Suzy Anger; 13. George Eliot's reputation Margaret Harris; Guide to further reading Allison Clymer.
About the author
George Levine is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University, New Jersey. His previous publications include Reading Thomas Hardy (Cambridge, 2017), Darwin the Writer (2011), Lifebirds (1997) and as editor, The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot (Cambridge, 1st edition, 2001).Nancy Henry is Professor of English and Distinguished Professor in Humanities at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her previous publications include: The Life of George Eliot (2012), The Cambridge Introduction to George Eliot (Cambridge, 2008) and George Eliot and the British Empire (Cambridge, 2002).
Summary
This second edition, including some new chapters, provides an essential introduction to all aspects of George Eliot's life and writing. Accessible essays by some of the most distinguished scholars of Victorian literature provide lucid and often original insights into the work of one of the most important novelists of the nineteenth century.
