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1 online resource (ix, 270 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 88
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 88.
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| Summary |
"This interdisciplinary study discusses the significance of Evans's work as a journalist, editor and serial-fiction writer in the periodical press from the late 1840s to the late 1850s and positions this early career against critical responses to Evans's later literary persona, George Eliot. Author argues that Evans's association with the nineteenth-century periodical industry, that dominant cultural force of the age, is important for its illumination of Evans's understanding of the formation of reading audiences, the development of literary genres and the cultivation of literary celebrity"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Content and form: the periodical's 'habitus'; From Marian Evans to George Eliot; Chapter 1 'The character of Editress'; The 'character of Editress'; Making new markets from the margins: Marian Evans at the letterpress; Chapter 2 'Working for one's bread'; 'Literature in morsels': the journalist at mid century; Early writings: the Coventry Herald and Observer 1846-1849; 'Working for one's bread': Marian Evans's London journalism, 1855-1857; Riehl, realism and the metropolitan critic; Chapter 3 Staging 'Scenes' in Blackwood's Magazine. |
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Becoming George Eliot: 'a tub to throw to the whale'Narrating scenes: the Blackwood's voice; 'Old ladyMaga': gender, genre and the 'George Eliot' game; Staging 'scenes' in Blackwood's Magazine; Conclusion; Chapter 4 After Marian Evans; Embodied authenticity versus 'counterfeit presentment'; The importance of being 'George Eliot'; Chapter 5 Last impressions; Creating Impressions; Resisting Impressions: 'What had become of Mrs Poyser'?; The character Theophrastus; Origins, originality and the circulation of knowledge: lessons with Theophrastus; Conclusion: Marian Evans takes on her audience. |
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Appendix1. George Eliot's prose writings for periodicals and newspapers; 1846; 1847; 1849; 1851; 1852; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1859; 1862-63; 1864; 1865; 1868; 2. Editions of George Eliot's periodical writings; 3. Other works by George Eliot; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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The Westminster review London, 1824-1914. |
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Blackwood's magazine. |
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Journalism -- Authorship -- History -- 19th century.
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Journalism -- Authorship. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Press -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Press. |
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England. |
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Periodicals -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century.
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Periodicals -- Publishing. |
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dillane, Fionnuala. Before George Eliot. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107035652 (DLC) 2013009540 (OCoLC)830368729 |
| ISBN |
9781107416734 (electronic book) |
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1107416736 (electronic book) |
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113956515X (electronic book) |
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9781139565158 (electronic book) |
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9781107419391 |
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1107419395 |
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9781107035652 |
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1107035651 |
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9781107420595 (EBL) |
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1107420598 |
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