The Readable People of George Meredith

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Readable People of George Meredith
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Judith Wilt
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - fiction, novelists and prose writers
ISBN/Barcode 9780691618029
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

Description

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 th