Jerome Beaty

Set in Middlemarch, a fictional English Midland town, in 1829 to 1832, it follows distinct, intersecting stories with many characters. Issues include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. Despite comic elements, Middlemarch uses realism to encompass historical events: the 1832 Reform Act, early railways, and the accession of King William IV. It looks at medicine of the time and reactionary views in a settled community facing unwelcome change.

A Study of George Eliot's Creative Method

Middlemarch from Notebook to Novel

Examining both literary historical contexts and those produced within the structure of the narrative itself, Beaty (English, Emory U.) provides a rigorous reading of the novel, its relationship with numerous, often obscure, works from the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and an interrogation of the reading process. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

A Postformalist Paradigm

Misreading Jane Eyre

"This is a study of George Eliot's composition of Middlemarch, how she wrote the novel based on her letters and journals, the notebook she kept while writing the novel, the Middlemarch manuscript, and the corrected proof of the first editions of the book."--Foreword

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