The Critical Response to George Eliot: (Critical Responses in Arts and Letters) ISBN-13: 9780313287732

ISBN-13: 9780313287732

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Pangallo, Karen

Details: George Eliot is one of the most important women novelists of the 19th century. Throughout her writings, she explores the interconnectedness of the self and society. This theme of interconnectedness creates the social, psychological, and religious worlds of her fictional communities. Eliot distinguished herself from other Victorian novelists through her realism, her use of an engaging narrator, and her indebtedness to thinkers such as Comte, Mill, and Darwin.

The essays assembled in this book represent the best criticism of Eliots novels from the 19th century to the present day. The essays are grouped in sections devoted to particular novels, and within each section the essays are arranged chronologically to chart the evolving critical response to her work. An introductory chapter briefly overviews the philosophical influences on Eliots novels, and a bibliography of selected additional readings concludes the book. The volume summarizes the critical response to Eliots work and documents changing views toward her novels.

Release Date: 30-03-1994

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English

Number Of Pages: 256