Ashton, Rosemary. G. H. Lewes: A Life. Clarendon Press.
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George Henry Lewes
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Standard Name: Lewes, George Henry
Used Form: G. H. Lewes
At GHL
's death in 1878, Anthony Trollope
praised him as journalist, editor, critic, philosophical populariser, biographer, and scientific writer.
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Auguste Comte | AC
's work strongly influenced John Stuart Mill
, George Henry Lewes
, George Eliot
, and especially Harriet Martineau
, who produced an English translation and abridgement of the philosopher's work. AC
was concerned... |
| politics | Emily Davies | Under the direction of Charlotte Manning
, five students began studying at the College at Benslow House, Hitchin, in October 1869. Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable. 210, 219-20 |
| Literary responses | Florence Dixie | Holyoake
, the dedicatee, in his prefatory piece (like W. Stewart Ross
commenting on The Story of Ijain) defends FD
's work not only by assertion (it is a a marvel of thought... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | George Eliot | The idea for the title had come to her while she lazed in bed one morning while on holiday at Tenby, at a time when Lewes
was encouraging her to try her hand at... |
| Travel | George Eliot | George Henry Lewes
and Marian Lewes moved on from Weimar to Berlin, where they stayed until March 1855. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 128 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 169-74 |
| Publishing | George Eliot | In submitting this anonymous manuscript to Blackwood
, Lewes
invoked the names of Oliver Goldsmith
(author of The Vicar of Wakefield) and of Jane Austen
. The firm of Blackwood
turned out to be... |
| Residence | George Eliot | Marian Evans (later GE
) and George Henry Lewes
returned from the Continent to England, where they soon settled at East Sheen, near Richmond and just outside London. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 137 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 181 |
| Literary responses | George Eliot | Lewes
, who wrote that if the book was not a hit I will never more trust my judgement in such matters, Eliot, George. The George Eliot Letters. Editor Haight, Gordon S., Yale University Press. 3: 10 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | |
| Publishing | George Eliot | This departure from her usual publisher, Blackwood
, was precipitated by a princely offer from George Smith
of the Cornhill of £10,000 (the largest offer ever, although they eventually settled on £7,000 for copyright over... |
| Wealth and Poverty | George Eliot | GE
spent £5,000 establishing, with the help of Henry Sidgwick
and Michael Foster
, a three-year studentship in physiology at Cambridge
in memory of Lewes
, open equally to men and women. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 367 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 522 |
| Reception | George Eliot | Many friends of GE
including Edith J. Simcox
, plus biographers such as Gordon S. Haight
, believed that readers had reason to be grateful to G. H. Lewes
for his tireless protection of GE |
| Family and Intimate relationships | George Eliot | A year and a half after the death of her partner George Henry Lewes
, GE
got married: to their young friend and banker John Walter Cross
, in an Anglican
ceremony at St George's... |
| Publishing | George Eliot | George Henry Lewes
persuaded Blackwood
to undertake this unusual mode of publication, because Middlemarch was too long to fit the three-volume format which was by now the staple of the circulating library. They hoped to... |
| Textual Production | George Eliot | GE
's historical novel Romola appeared serially in the Cornhill Magazine, with illustrations by Frederic Leighton
. Her partner G. H. Lewes
had just accepted, upon the departure of Thackeray
as editor in March... |
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