| The Journals of George Eliot Contributor(s): Eliot, George (Author), Harris, Margaret (Editor), Johnston, Judith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521574129 ISBN-13: 9780521574129 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1999 Annotation: The Journals of George Eliot publishes for the first time the entire text of the surviving journals of the great Victorian novelist, and constitutes a new text by her - the closest she came to an autobiography. The journals span her life from 1854, when she entered into a common-law union with George Henry Lewes, to her death in 1880, revealing the professional writer George Eliot as well as the remarkable woman Marian Evans. The edition's extensive apparatus includes a chronology, introduction, headnotes to each diary, and an annotated index supplying valuable contextual and explanatory information. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | Women Authors - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 98003679 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.27" W x 9.26" (1.71 lbs) 474 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume makes available for the first time the entire surviving journals and diaries of the great Victorian novelist, George Eliot, and constitutes a new text by her--the closest she came to autobiography. The journals span her life from 1854, when she entered into a common-law union with George Henry Lewes, to her death in 1880, revealing the professional writer George Eliot as well as the remarkable private woman, Marian Evans. The edition includes a chronology, introduction, headnotes to each diary, and an annotated index supplying valuable contextual and explanatory information. |