2001, ISBN: 9780815411215

Cooper Square Pub, 2001 Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are bright and clean, show light wear (NO tears). Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears … Mehr…

Cooper Square Pub, 2001 Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Covers are bright and clean, show light wear (NO tears). Illustrated. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 384 pages. Tight spine, bright pages. From Gordon Haight's scrupulous 1968 work George Eliot through Ruby Redinger's 1976 feminist rethinking George Eliot: The Emergent Self and beyond, the unconventional life and probing fiction of Victorian England's loftiest female author has attracted the scrutiny of numerous biographers. British scholar Kathryn Hughes's pungent account distinguishes itself by limning Mary Ann Evans's turbulent emotions with as much acuity as she does the creative drive that eventually led one of London's most prominent editors and critics to reinvent herself as the novelist George Eliot. Cast out of respectable public life when she moved in with the married George Henry Lewes, Eliot found personal happiness with a man who understood her need for all-consuming love and artistic salvation. Lewes demonstrated his dedication to her by screening Eliot from outside criticism and inner doubts that could have prevented her from writing. Hughes's analysis of their relationship is as sympathetic yet candid as the rest of her narrative. She paints a vivid portrait of Victorian intellectual life and Eliot's provocative role within it as a writer who questioned conventional wisdom of all sorts, but whose heroines ultimately chose lives of modest usefulness within the existing society. As her biographer puts it in a typically well turned phrase, "Eliot's novels show people how they can deal with the pain of being a Victorian by remaining one." --Wendy Smith --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal A lecturer in 19th-century English literature and author of The Victorian Governess, Hughes takes a crack at capturing the protean Eliot on paper. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Cooper Square Pub, 2001<

ISBN: 0815411219

Mary Ann Evans, aka George Eliot (1819-1880) achieved lasting renown with the novels Silas Marner, Middlemarch, and Adam Bede. Her masterworks were written after years of living an unconv… Mehr…

Mary Ann Evans, aka George Eliot (1819-1880) achieved lasting renown with the novels Silas Marner, Middlemarch, and Adam Bede. Her masterworks were written after years of living an unconventional life, including a scandalous voyage to Europe with the married writer and editor George Henry Lewes. The scandal intensified when she moved in with Lewes after he separated from his wife. Eliot re-entered London's social life years later, when her literary success made it impossible for respectable society to dismiss her (even Queen Victoria enjoyed her books). She counted among her friends and supporters Dickens, Trollope, and several other Victorian literati. In this intimate biography, author Hughes provides insight into Eliot's life and work, weighing Eliot's motivations for her controversial actions, and examining the paradoxical Victorian society which she documented to perfection in her novels. 19th century,arts and literature,authors,biographies,european,historical,history,history and criticism,humanities,literary criticism Humanities, Cooper Square Publishing, LLC<

2001, ISBN: 0815411219

[EAN: 9780815411215], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Cooper Square Press], Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780815411215], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Cooper Square Press], Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Used books may not include companion materials, some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include cdrom or access codes. Customer service is our top priority!<

ISBN: 9780815411215

This intensely engaging biography examines the extraordinary life of George Eliot from her childhood, through her scandalous liaison and social exile, to her hard-won status as one of Vic… Mehr…

This intensely engaging biography examines the extraordinary life of George Eliot from her childhood, through her scandalous liaison and social exile, to her hard-won status as one of Victorian England's literary elite. Media > Book, [PU: Cooper Square Press]<

2001, ISBN: 9780815411215

Cooper Square Press, 2001-07-02. Paperback. Good., Cooper Square Press, 2001-07-02