TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilt,Judith
TI  - The Readable People of George Meredith
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9780691618029
AV  - PR5014 .W55 
U1  - 823.8823/.8 
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Characters and characteristics in literature
KW  - Psychological fiction, English
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The Reader and the Editor --; 2. The Meredithian Subplot --; 3. The Ordeal of Philosophy --; 4. The Mask of Sentimentalism --; 5. The Hunting of the Egoist --; 6. The Making of Civilization --; 7. The Survival of Romance --; Conclusion --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Meredith's reputation as an "unreadable" novelist prompted Judith Wilt to examine the relationship between author and reader in Meredith's fiction-a relationship that was combative and teacherly and, she contends, a central aspect of his art. Meredith was concerned with "readable people," by whom he meant his readers (as he imagined them and as they were), his characters (as he created them and as they were perceived), and himself. Focusing on Meredith's struggle to shape and change the reader, Judith Wilt examines five novels: The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Sandra Belloni, The Egoist, One of Our Conquerors, and The Amazing Marriage. Her analysis develops a theory of Meredith's artistic processes and relates his concerns to those of recent fiction.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400871858
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