Explore how George Meredith’s heroines illuminate the inner life of his stories and the era that shaped them.
This critical portrait surveys the women at the center of Meredith’s fiction and explains how their minds, loves, and loyalties reveal the author’s distinctive feminist sympathies and poetic storytelling.
Drawing on close readings of emblematic heroines and the landscapes that frame their lives, the book shows how Meredith’s characters respond to love, duty, and social expectation. It also highlights the author’s reputed craft in portraying mood, setting, and the music of language that underpins his most memorable scenes.
- See how the heroines drive the action and shape the male protagonists’ development.
- Learn how the author blends landscape, sentiment, and psychology to create memorable scenes of love and struggle.
- Discover critical perspectives that situate Meredith within his Victorian context and beyond.
- Explore quotations and interpretations that have shaped the reception of Meredith’s work.
Ideal for readers of Victorian fiction and literary criticism, or anyone seeking a clearer view of Meredith’s most enduring women and their world.