| The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans Contributor(s): Bodenheimer, Rosemarie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801429889 ISBN-13: 9780801429880 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 94010513 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.35" W x 9.35" (1.36 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bodenheimer defines the personal paradoxes that helped to shape Eliot's fictional characters and narrative style. Bodenheimer revisits pivotal episodes in Mary Ann Evans's life and career, including the Holy War through which she asserted her youthful religious skepticism; her decision to elope with the married writer George Henry Lewes; and her marriage with John Cross after Lewes's death. Bodenheimer also discusses the rumor campaign that led to the discovery that George Eliot was a woman, and she traces the trajectory of Eliot's impassioned conflict between her ambition and her womanhood. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bodenheimer, Rosemarie: - Rosemarie Bodenheimer is Professor of English at Boston College. She is the author of The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans: George Eliot, Her Letters and Fiction and The Politics of Story in Victorian Social Fiction, both from Cornell. |