Selected Essays, Poems and Other Writings Paperback - 1991
by George Eliot; A. S. Byatt (Editor); Nicholas Warren (Editor)
The works assembled here introduce George Eliot's incisive views on religion, art, and science, and the nature and purpose of fiction. Essays show her rejecting her earlier religious beliefs, questioning conventional ideas about female virtues and marriage, and setting out theories of idealism and realism that she developed further in her famous novels. Also included are selections from Eliot's translations of works by Strauss and Feuerbach, excerpts from her poems, and reviews of writers such as Wollstonecraft, Goethe, and Browning. Wonderfully rich in imagery and observations, these pieces reveal the intellectual development of this most rewarding of writers.
Summary
The works assembled here introduce George Eliot’s incisive views on religion, art, and science, and the nature and purpose of fiction. Essays show her rejecting her earlier religious beliefs, questioning conventional ideas about female virtues and marriage, and setting out theories of idealism and realism that she developed further in her famous novels. Also included are selections from Eliot’s translations of works by Strauss and Feuerbach, excerpts from her poems, and reviews of writers such as Wollstonecraft, Goethe, and Browning. Wonderfully rich in imagery and observations, these pieces reveal the intellectual development of this most rewarding of writers.
- Available again—the first paperback collection of Eliot's nonfiction
- Introduction by A.S. Byatt discusses Eliot's literary place in Victorian London and the views expounded in these writings
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- Title Selected Essays, Poems and Other Writings
- Author George Eliot; A. S. Byatt (Editor); Nicholas Warren (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date March 5, 1991
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780140431483 / 0140431489
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.12 x 0.97 in (19.76 x 13.00 x 2.46 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, English - 19th century
- Dewey Decimal Code 824.8
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