The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans

The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 9781501721021
ISBN-13 : 150172102X
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Book Synopsis The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans by : Rosemarie Bodenheimer

Download or read book The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans written by Rosemarie Bodenheimer and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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