George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss: An Overview

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General Materials

• A Brief Biography (Website in the U. K.)
• A George Eliot Chronology (Website in Japan)
• Discussion Questions

Social, Political, and Cultural Contexts

• Literary relations

Theme and Technique

• Theme and Subject
• Setting and Description
  • resemblance to landscapes of Constable and Wordsworth
• Characterization
  • Three Stages in the Development of Characterization in George Eliot's Fiction
• Plot and Narrative Structure
• Symbol, Image, and Motif
• Genre and Style
  • Autobiography and Autobiographicality
  • Realism in Fiction

Bibliography

Eliot, George. The Mill on the Floss. Ed. Gordon S. Haight. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. [now the standard scholarly text]

Eliot, George. The Mill on the Floss. Ed. Carol T. Christ. New York: W. W. Norton, c. 1994. [handy student edition with background information and criticism]

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Last modified 20 February 2000