Books > Biography > Literary
|
Not currently available
The Transferred Life of George Eliot (Paperback)
Loot Price: R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
You Save: R89
(17%)
|
|
The Transferred Life of George Eliot (Paperback)
(sign in to rate)
List price R536
Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
You Save R89 (17%)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
Reading George Eliot's work was described by one Victorian critic
as like the feeling of entering the confessional in which the
novelist sees and hears all the secrets of human psychology-'that
roar which lies on the other side of silence'. This new biography
of George Eliot goes beyond the much-told story of her life. It
gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to
think like a novelist: in particular a realist novelist for whom
art exists not for art's sake but in the exploration and service of
human life. It shows the formation and the workings of George
Eliot's mind as it plays into her creation of some of the greatest
novels of the Victorian era. When at the age of 37 Marian Evans
became George Eliot, this change followed long mental preparation
and personal suffering. During this time she related her power of
intelligence to her capacity for feeling: discovering that her
thinking and her art had to combine both. That was the great
ambition of her novels-not to be mere pastimes or fictions but
experiments in life and helps in living, through the deepest
account of human complexity available. Philip Davis's illuminating
new biography will enable you both to see through George Eliot's
eyes and to feel what it is like to be seen by her, in the
imaginative involvement of her readers with her characters.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.