A Critical Study of George Meredith's Modern Love
Abstract
George Meredith's fame has always been preeminently that of a novelist, and only secondarily that of a poet. In recent years, how ever, there have been indications of a waning interest in his novels, and a growing appreciation of his poetry. The uncommonly allusive, thought-laden quality of his prose style has proved a little too difficult for the present-day fiction reader who loves to read as he rums. On the other hand, his intense, highly intellectualized imagery has invited him to the attention of the modern reader of poetry who seam to derive pleasure from precisely that kind of intellectual indemnity. It is not unlikely that the faint resuscitation of interest now being evinced in Meredith's poetry is due in some measure to the tremendous vogue of Metaphysical poetry in our time. It is, moreover, undoubtedly part of a more general resurgence of interest in Victorian literature among present-day literary scholars.
Subject Area
Literature|European Studies|British and Irish literature
Recommended Citation
Santos, Isabel A, "A Critical Study of George Meredith's Modern Love" (1951). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28508979.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28508979
