Meredith Now

Ian Fletcher

Preface; Meredith’s Reputation John Lucas; Meredith as Poet John Lucas; The Shaving og Shagpat: Meredith’s Comic Apocalypse Ian Fletcher; The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A Sentimental Education Juliet Mitchell; ‘Snips’, ‘Snobs’ and the ‘True Gentleman’ in Evan Harrington Margaret Tarratt; On Re-reading Evan Harrington J. M. S. Tompkins; Rhoda Fleming: Meredith in the Margin David Howard; Emilia in England and Italy Ioan Williams; The Adventures of Harry Richmond – Bildungsroman and Historical Novel Margaret Tarratt; Beauchamp’s Career Arnold Kettle; The Egoist: Anatomy or Striptease? John Goode; The Tragic Comedians: Meredith’s Use of Image Patterns Leonée Ormond; Diana of the Crossways: Internal History and the Brainstuff of Fiction; One of our Conquerors: Language and Music Gillian Beer; One of our Conquerors and the Country of Blue Bernard A. Richards; Lord Ormont and his Aminta and the Amazing Marriage Barbara Hardy; Index