American Unitarian minister George Willis Cooke (1848–1923) worked for almost thirty years in Unitarian churches across the United States before turning full-time to scholarly pursuits in 1900. Cooke, a voracious reader who was largely self-taught, attended Meadville Theological School in Illinois but never graduated. A radical in theology and politics, he was drawn to the transcendentalist authors and in 1881 published a critical study of the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Cooke's George Eliot: A Critical Study of her Life, Writings and Philosophy (1883) probably emerged from those same philosophical impulses. The book was published just after Blind's biography, but Cooke asserts that with a small exception his work was complete when hers appeared; moreover, his study prioritises the act of 'interpreting and criticising [Eliot's] teachings' over the details of her life, and the book's organisation reflects this hierarchy, giving insights into the contemporary reception of George Eliot.
| ISBN: | 9781108019613 |
| Publication date: | 16th September 2010 |
| Author: | George Willis Cooke |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 450 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |
American Unitarian minister George Willis Cooke (1848–1923) worked for almost thirty years in Unitarian churches across the United States before turning full-time to scholarly pursuits in 1900. Cooke, a voracious reader who was largely self-taught, attended Meadville Theological School in Illinois but never graduated.
George Eliot features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
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George Eliot was written by George Willis Cooke and published by Cambridge University Press
George Eliot has 450 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies series
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