 | George Eliot''s Grammar of Being Subjects: Eliot George 1819-1880 -- Literary style; Eliot George 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century; Didactic fiction English -- History and criticism; English language -- Usage; George Eliot's writing process was meticulous in all of its phases, from manuscript to published text. Each of her extensive novels has a delicately crafted syntax, for she shaped her individual sentences as carefully as she wanted her public to read them. Building on the influence of Victorian psychological theory, this book explains how George Eliot consciously created subtle shocks within her grammar--reaching out to her readers beneath the levels of character and story--in her effort to inspire sympathetic response. Melissa Anne Raines has studied literature in both the US and the UK. She has completed extensive research on the manuscripts of George Eliot, as well as the manuscripts of Anthony Trollope and Thomas Hardy. She teaches at the University of Liverpool. |
