George Eliot's Silas Marner

Book info: George Eliot's Silas Marner (Hardcover, 197 pages – Chelsea House Pub, 2003) – Chelsea House Pub, 2003. Language: Eng.

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Considered by some as enchanting as a fairy tale and in some ways as simple in its approach, George Eliot's Silas Marner extends well beyond such a sphere. The text focuses on the evils of religion and society, both of which ostracize those they do not understand. Study the novel through the work of some of the most respected critics on the subject. The title, George Eliot’s Silas Marner, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on George Eliot’s Silas Marner through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on George Eliot, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.