
Famous for her powerful and popular fiction, George Eliot was also a remarkable critic, translator, and editor. This volume presents Eliot's views on science, religion, positivism, feminism, and politics, as well as her literary critical work on a range of authors and forms, including Tennyson, Browning, Goethe, Heine, German historical criticism of the Bible, classical drama, and popular contemporary novels. Most of the pieces in this volume were written before Eliot began to write fiction in 1856. They are a vivid representation of the analogical mind, the wit, and the sympathy which also characterize the narrators of her novels.
This volume investigates the intellectual foundations and critical development of George Eliot prior to her career as a novelist. George Eliot, a prominent Victorian intellectual, utilized her background as a translator and editor to engage with the complex social, religious, and scientific debates of her era. The collection argues that her early critical work establishes the analytical framework and moral philosophy that would later define her major fictional narratives.
What You Will Find
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Scholars view this collection as a vital resource for understanding the intellectual evolution of one of the nineteenth century's most significant writers. Readers frequently note that the prose is dense and academic, serving as a foundational text for those studying the intersection of Victorian criticism and Eliot's later creative output.
Page Count:
432
Publication Date:
2000-05-18
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0192838075
ISBN-13:
9780192838070
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