The Cambridge introduction to George Eliot /
Henry, Nancy, 1965-
The Cambridge introduction to George Eliot / George Eliot Nancy Henry. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xi, 129 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge introductions to literature .
As the author of The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch, George Eliot was one of the most admired novelists of the Victorian period, and she remains a central figure in the literary canon today. She was the first woman to take on the kind of political and philosophical fiction that had previously been a male preserve, combining rigorous intellectual ideas with a sensitive understanding of human relationships and making her one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122) and index.
9780521854627 9780521670975 (pbk.)
2008299524
GBA815439 bnb
014513766 Uk
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
PR4688 / .H46 2008
823.8
The Cambridge introduction to George Eliot / George Eliot Nancy Henry. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xi, 129 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge introductions to literature .
As the author of The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch, George Eliot was one of the most admired novelists of the Victorian period, and she remains a central figure in the literary canon today. She was the first woman to take on the kind of political and philosophical fiction that had previously been a male preserve, combining rigorous intellectual ideas with a sensitive understanding of human relationships and making her one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-122) and index.
9780521854627 9780521670975 (pbk.)
2008299524
GBA815439 bnb
014513766 Uk
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 --Handbooks, manuals, etc.
PR4688 / .H46 2008
823.8