The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot

This second edition, including some new chapters, provides a revised introduction to all aspects of George Eliot's writing.

George Levine (Edited by), Nancy Henry (Edited by)

9781107193345, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 31 January 2019

304 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm, 0.63 kg

This second edition of The Cambridge Companion to George Eliot includes several new chapters, providing an essential introduction to all aspects of Eliot's life and writing. Accessible essays by some of the most distinguished scholars of Victorian literature provide lucid and original insights into the work of one of the most important writers of the nineteenth century, author most famously of Middlemarch, Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, and Daniel Deronda. From an introduction that traces her originality as a realist novelist, the book moves on to extensive considerations of each of Eliot's novels, her life and her publishing history. Chapters address the problems of money, philosophy, religion, politics, gender and science, as they are developed in her novels. With its supplementary materials, including a chronology and an extensive section of suggested readings, this Companion is an invaluable tool for scholars and students alike.

1. Introduction – George Eliot and the art of realism Nancy Henry and George Levine
2. A woman of many names Rosemarie Bodenheimer
3. Marian Evans's journalism Fionnuala Dillane
4. George Eliot and her publishers Donald Gray
5. The early novels Josephine McDonagh
6. The later novels Alexander Welsh
7. George Eliot and money Dermot Coleman
8. George Eliot and gender Kate Flint
9. George Eliot and politics Nancy Henry
10. George Eliot and science Amy M. King
11. George Eliot and religion Barry V. Qualls
12. George Eliot and philosophy Suzy Anger
13. George Eliot's reputation Margaret Harris
Guide to further reading Allison Clymer.

Subject Areas: Literary companions, book reviews & guides [DSRC], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF], Literature: history & criticism [DS]