Description
George Eliot (1819-1880) was one of the leading writers of the Victorian period and she remains one of Britain's greatest novelists. This biography offers new insights into Eliot's life and work focusing on the themes, patterns, relationships, feelings and language common to both her life and writing. Barbara Hardy discusses Eliot's relations with parents and siblings, her brave but joyful unmarried partnership with George Henry Lewes, her friendships and her late brief marriage to the younger John Cross. Setting her life and fiction side by side, Hardy reveals Eliot's ideas about society, home, foreignness, nature, gender, religion, sex, illness and death and her experiences as translator, journalist, editor and novelist. Drawing on letters, journals, journalism and the memoirs and biographies written by contemporaries, Hardy brings together a biographical approach with close reading of Eliot's novels to give a combined perspective on her life and art. This book offers students, academics and readers alike an illuminating portrait of George Eliot as a woman and a writer.
Combining a biographical approach with close analysis of George Eliot's novels, Barbara Hardy introduces a new perspective on the life and works of one of Britain's greatest novelists
About the Author
Barbara Hardy is Emeritus Professor of the University of London (Birkbeck), UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She has written many critical studies, including two books on George Eliot.
Reviews
"'The community of critics and readers interested in Victorian studies can always expect Barbara Hardy to come up with an interesting perspective on texts we all thought had been read thoroughly into familiarity. The beauty of this book is also that a whole range of people could read it, from A level students to Hardy specialists.' NATFHE"
Book Information
ISBN 9780826485168
Author Professor Barbara Hardy
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 220g
Combining a biographical approach with close analysis of George Eliot's novels, Barbara Hardy introduces a new perspective on the life and works of one of Britain's greatest novelists
About the Author
Barbara Hardy is Emeritus Professor of the University of London (Birkbeck), UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She has written many critical studies, including two books on George Eliot.
Reviews
"'The community of critics and readers interested in Victorian studies can always expect Barbara Hardy to come up with an interesting perspective on texts we all thought had been read thoroughly into familiarity. The beauty of this book is also that a whole range of people could read it, from A level students to Hardy specialists.' NATFHE"
Book Information
ISBN 9780826485168
Author Professor Barbara Hardy
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 220g
