Description
Book SynopsisProvides 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 Contents1. 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.
