George Eliot's Grammar of Being

by Melissa Anne Raines

Book Overview

In the opening chapter of her 1866 novel 'Felix Holt', George Eliot tells her readers that the 'vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence'. 'George Eliot's Grammar of Being' is developed from the idea that George Eliot wanted to produce these vibrations within her novels, not just at the level of story and character, but also at the level of language. She was a novelist who wanted the public to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857289683
• ISBN13: 9780857289681
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"