Dimensions
130 x 200 x 8mm
A Teach Yourself - Key Figures Beginner's Guide.
This book introduces you to the life and work of one of the greatest nineteenth-century novelists. In this guide Eliot's themes are explore with reference to her major novels. Both contemporary and modern critical approaches to her work are clearly considered and presented.
Jenny Weatherburn's wide-ranging text covers:
- The way in which Eliot's life influenced her writing
- Victorian attitudes - and the way in which Eliot's life-choices were at variance with the values she appeared to promote
- What to expect from her novels and how to approach them
- The style of Eliot's writing
The facts . . . the concepts . . . the ideas . . .
