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Provides an introduction to the context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife of the novel "Middlemarch". This guide presents an account of its critical reception. It also discusses the cultural afterlife including film and TV adaptations. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

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'An excellent and very thorough explication of the background and contexts, utilizing multiple critical perspectives, to illuminate the genius of one of the greatest of Victorian novels ... [this] book should be on every students shelf.' Professor William Baker, Northern Illinois University, USA.
"The latest in Continuum's excellent series of 'Reader's Guides' ... [a] highly readable and clearly informative book." - Ian Brinton, The Use of English

Table of Contents
1. Contexts; 2. Language, Style and Form; 3. Reading Middlemarch; 4. Critical Reception and Publishing History; 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence; 6. Guide to Further Reading; Index.

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/11/2008 12:04:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780826495525, 978-0826495525
      ISBN10: 0826495524
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      Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides an introduction to the context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife of the novel "Middlemarch". This guide presents an account of its critical reception. It also discusses the cultural afterlife including film and TV adaptations. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study.

      Trade Review
      'An excellent and very thorough explication of the background and contexts, utilizing multiple critical perspectives, to illuminate the genius of one of the greatest of Victorian novels ... [this] book should be on every students shelf.' Professor William Baker, Northern Illinois University, USA.
      "The latest in Continuum's excellent series of 'Reader's Guides' ... [a] highly readable and clearly informative book." - Ian Brinton, The Use of English

      Table of Contents
      1. Contexts; 2. Language, Style and Form; 3. Reading Middlemarch; 4. Critical Reception and Publishing History; 5. Adaptation, interpretation and influence; 6. Guide to Further Reading; Index.

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