William Baker

First published in 1973 Critics on George Eliot brings together a selection of the best critical essays and discussions on the novels of George Eliot, including many that are not easily available outside well established and comprehensive libraries.

Introduction Acknowledgements Part I: Critics on George Eliot: 1856-1953 Part II: Modern Critics on George Eliot 1. Middlemarch: The Writing of Chapter 81 2. George Eliot 3. Beyond the Liberal Imagination: Vision and Unreality in Daniel Deronda 4. Felix Holt as Classic Tragedy 5. The Two Worlds of Adam Bede 6. Romola: A Reading of the Novel 7. Silas Marner: Reversing the Oracles of Religion 8. Scenes of Clerical Life Select Bibliography