Great Authors: George Eliot

Synopsis: This 2-part DVD set explores the life, times and work of George Eliot, a woman ahead of her time: a proud and determined individual who continually broke the sexual, religious and social rules of Victorian society. She was one of the greatest minds of her age, yet she demeaned herself for love. Scandals and rumours plagued her life, but never defeated her will or her literary genius. Against all odds, she wrote some of the world’s greatest masterpieces including Middlemarch, The Mill on the Floss and Daniel Deronda. Disc 1 consists consists of the BBC production of Daniel Deronda. Disc 2 is a biography of George Eliot presented by Maureen Lipman and an examination of the role of music in her life and work.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2004
Year of production: 2004
Notes: To be released late in early 2005
Subjects: English language and literature
Keywords: Eliot, George; literature - English; Music; writers - English; dramatised documentary films

Title: Daniel Deronda
Synopsis: A 3-part dramatisation of George Eliot’s last novel, adapted by Andrew Davies. First broadcast on BBC1 beginning 23 November 2002
Duration: 200 mins
Title: George Eliot: a scandalous life
Synopsis: A docu-drama on the life of George Eliot, presented by Maureen Lipman. From her rejection of Christianity aged just 22, to the string of disastrous and shocking affairs that characterised her love life, Eliot’s actions often provoked contempt and disgust. Many mysteries still surrounds many key events of her life, but with access to remaining letters, diaries and newspaper articles, ‘A Scandalous Life’ creates an intimate portrait of an exceptional woman, who overcame social isolation and rejection to become one of the world’s best-loved writers.
Broadcast on BBC on 24 November 2002.
Duration: 60 mins
Title: Music vibrates in her still
Synopsis: George Eliot was passionate about music and her writing is steeped in musical allusion. This feature explores musical reference in her work and investigates contexts such as Eliot’s friendship with Wagner, the legacy of Romanticism, music’s role in scientific theory, and the ambivalent status of female musicality. With George Eliot the viewer visits a Victorian recital of the music that inspired her: amongst others - Purcell, Handel, Liszt and Wagner.

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