Eliot - Middlemarch

List of contents

1. The context of the novel; 2. The method of Middlemarch; 3. Middlemarch and the art of living well; 4. Gender and generation; 5. The afterlife of a masterpiece.

About the author

George Eliot (Marian/Mary Ann Evans) was born in Warwickshire England in 1819. She went on to become one of England's most astute nineteenth century writers. Eliot is the author of celebrated novels including Adam Bede (1859), Middlemarch (1871-1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). She also published non-fiction essays, poems and short stories, and was a skilled translator of German-language philosophy, including works by Strauss, Feuerbach and Spinoza. Eliot's writing is characterised by gritty realism entwined with deep empathy and keen insight into human life and ethics.

Summary

A comprehensive introduction to Middlemarch offering both general information and an original interpretation.

Product details

• Authors: Karen Chase, George Eliot
• Assisted by: J. P. Stern (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1991
• EAN: 9780521359153
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35915-3
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 138 g
• Series: Landmarks of World Literature
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies