{"product_id":"the-life-of-george-eliot-isbn-9781118917671","title":"The Life of George Eliot","description":"The life story of the Victorian novelist George Eliot is as dramatic and complex as her best plots. This new assessment of her life and work combines recent biographical research with penetrating literary criticism, resulting in revealing new interpretations of her literary work.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA fresh look at George Eliot's captivating life story\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes original new analysis of her writing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeploys the latest biographical research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCombines literary criticism with biographical narrative to offer a rounded perspective\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The History of a Writer: George Eliot and Biographies 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Early Years: 1819–50 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 London and Lewes: 1850–4 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Marian Lewes and George Eliot: 1855–60 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Silas Marner and Romola: 1860–4 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Felix Holt and The Spanish Gypsy: 1865–9 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Middlemarch: 1870–2 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Daniel Deronda: 1873–6 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Impressions of Theophrastus Such: 1877–9 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Final Years: 1879 to Cross’s Life 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“It is no surprise that this book is now available in paperback: compact and hugely suggestive, bringing us new things to think about, showing us old myths to discard; in its productive disruption of commonplace fact\/fiction approaches to the life and works mode, it enriches and enlarges our understanding of the writer and her writings.”  (\u003ci\u003eCercles\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 June 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Henry\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGeorge Eliot and the British Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), and \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge Introduction to George Eliot\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eVictorian Investments: New Perspectives on Finance and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). She is also the recipient of a 2014\/15 NEH Fellowship.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe life of the Victorian novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) is as dramatic as the plot of a novel: a brilliant but unattractive country girl moves to London, elopes with a married man and is ostracized by society until she begins writing novels under a male pseudonym and goes on to accumulate great wealth and fame.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Eliot’s dedication to realism renders the relationship between her life and her novels especially intriguing. Incorporating the very latest research in the field of George Eliot studies, this biography re-examines the story of her life, cross-referencing its fascinating narrative with analysis of her fiction and poetry. In doing so, the author reveals how Eliot’s life provides insight into her art as well as how her art can enhance our understanding of her life. Informed by cutting-edge academic research, and including critical interpretations of her work from multiple theoretical perspectives, this new \u003ci\u003eLife of George Eliot\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical biography for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“…this learned, adventurous new biographer has changed the landscape of George Eliot studies.” \u003cb\u003e(The \u003ci\u003eGeorge Eliot Review,\u003c\/i\u003e 1 November 2012)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Driven neither by hero-worship or spite, Henry's \"critical biography\" demonstrates what treasure there is still to be found in even the most worked-over subjects. The trick is to ask the questions that everyone else assumed had been answered years ago.” \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, 2 June 2012)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Henry provides a useful reminder that that old-fashioned pejorative, adulteress, might have been applied to Eliot as well as to Agnes, and she provides a sensitive analysis of the novels in the light of that insight.” \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, 6 August 2012)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990277767397,"sku":"NP9781118917671","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118917671.jpg?v=1761787170","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-life-of-george-eliot-isbn-9781118917671","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}