Name: The Readable People of George Meredith (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Author: Judith Wilt
ISBN: 9780691645094

portada The Readable People of George Meredith (Princeton Legacy Library)

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Author

Judith Wilt

Year

2016

Language

English

Pages

264

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9780691645094

Synopsis "The Readable People of George Meredith (Princeton Legacy Library)"

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.