A Companion to George Eliot (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture) - Softcover

A Companion to George Eliot is divided into four parts: Imaginative Form and Literary Context; Works; Life and Reception; Eliot in Her Time and Ours: Intellectual and Cultural Contexts [It] contains insights, on for instance, Eliot s narratology to on-going debates on evolution. There are fine essays on relatively neglected works such as Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, and her poetry, as well as the hardy perennials Recommended for general readers, graduate students, researchers and teachers. Reference Reviews Many of the literary-critical voices contributing essays stand out, replete with critical insights on, for instance, Eliot s narratology, use of form, critical reception, African American connections, awareness of the law, and her relevance today ... The collection offers a very helpful, detailed index. [A] most useful critical reference work Recommended: Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. CHOICE

This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. It features innovative analysis -exploring the relation between Eliot s Victorian intellectual sensibilities and those of our own era. * A comprehensive collection of essays written by leading Eliot scholars * Offers a contemporary reappraisals of Eliot s work reflecting a broad range of current academic interests, including religion, science, ethics, politics, and aesthetics * Reflects the very latest developments in literary scholarship * Traces the revealing links between Eliot s Victorian intellectual -concerns and those of today