Meredith Now: Some Critical Essays

by Ian Fletcher (Editor)

There is no English novelist whose reputation has fluctuated so violently as that of George Meredith. First published in 1971, this volume of essays reassesses the works of George Meredith. Despite his unevenness, the essays demonstrate that Meredith was an important experimental writer and as one of the masters of the English novel. This book will be of interest to those studying 19th Century literature.

317 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Ian Fletcher (1920-1988) was an English poet, scholar and literary critic, specializing in Victorian literature. He edited definitive editions of the works of John Gray and Lionel Johnson, as well as publishing studies on such seminal fin-de-siècle figures as Aubrey Beardsley and Walter Pater. He spent the last six years of his life teaching at Arizona State University.

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