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The Transferred life of George Eliot : the biography of a novelist /

This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist. Philip Davis enables you not only to see through George Eliot's eyes, but also feel what it is like to be seen by her, in the imaginativ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Philip (Philip Maurice) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; The Transferred Life of George Eliot: The Biography of a Novelist; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: Family Likenesses, 1819-42; Mother and Father; Sister and Brother; The Father and the Faith; Chapter 2: The Valley of Humiliation: The Single Woman, 1840-51; The Need to Utter and to Think; The Need for Adult Love; `What Shall I Be Without My Father?;́ Chapter 3: Three Translations; The Life of Jesus, Critically Examined; The Essence of Christianity; Spinozaś Ethics.
  • Chapter 4: The Two Loves of 1852: 1. Herbert SpencerChapter 5: The Two Loves of 1852: 2. George Henry Lewes; Chapter 6: `The first time ́in the `new era:́ Scenes of Clerical Life, 1856-7; Three Scenes; A First Reader and the Fourth Scene; Chapter 7: Adam Bede: `The Other Side of the Commonplace, ́ 1857-9; An Experiment in Life; Force Fields; Chapter 8: The Mill on the Floss: `My problems are purely psychical, ́ 1859-60: Psychology and the Levels of Thought; Another Reader: F.W.H. Myers; Chapter 9: `Great Facts Have Struggled to Find a Voice:́ The Toll of the 1860s.
  • Chapter 10Chapter 11; The End; Select Bibliography; Index.