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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



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*1. The Reader and the Editor, pg. 11*2. The Meredithian Subplot, pg. 51*3. The Ordeal of Philosophy, pg. 81*4. The Mask of Sentimentalism, pg. 117*5. The Hunting of the Egoist, pg. 147*6. The Making of Civilization, pg. 180*7. The Survival of Romance, pg. 210*Conclusion, pg. 241*Index, pg. 251

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 3/8/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780691618029, 978-0691618029
      ISBN10: 069161802X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgments, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. 1*1. The Reader and the Editor, pg. 11*2. The Meredithian Subplot, pg. 51*3. The Ordeal of Philosophy, pg. 81*4. The Mask of Sentimentalism, pg. 117*5. The Hunting of the Egoist, pg. 147*6. The Making of Civilization, pg. 180*7. The Survival of Romance, pg. 210*Conclusion, pg. 241*Index, pg. 251

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