George Meredith

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Standard Name: Meredith, George
Used Form: George Edward Meredith

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Connections Author name Excerpt
Textual Features Thomas Hardy
TH 's earliest poems, written in London, reflect the influence of Shakespeare and George Meredith on one hand,
Gittings, Robert. Young Thomas Hardy. Penguin.
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and on the other a fierce and individual concern with words, which he pushes to...
Publishing Thomas Hardy
TH 's first novel, The Poor Man and the Lady, was rejected in turn by Macmillan (after reading by Alexander Macmillan and John Morley ), by Chapman and Hall (after reading by George Meredith
Occupation Cicely Hamilton
This role led to several more in productions of plays by George Meredith , J. M. Barrie , and others.
Whitelaw, Lis. The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton. Women’s Press.
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Friends, Associates Sarah Grand
In 1896 SG met George Meredith (who had rejected her manuscript of The Heavenly Twins some years earlier) and Alice Meynell in the Surrey Hills, at Burford Bridge Hotel,Box Hill, near Dorking.
Kersley, Gillian. Darling Madame: Sarah Grand and Devoted Friend. Virago Press.
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Publishing Sarah Grand
It took her three years to find a publisher willing to take on its controversial subject-matter.
Grand, Sarah. Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand: Volume 1. Editor Heilmann, Ann, Routledge.
245
Blackwood refused it. George Meredith , as a reader for Chapman and Hall , rejected it, advising SG
Literary responses Sarah Grand
Feminists, social reformers, and literary men, such as Mark Twain , George Meredith , and George Bernard Shaw , greeted this novel with excitement and appreciation.
Mitchell, Sally, and Sarah Grand. “Introduction”. The Beth Book, Thoemmes, p. v - xxiv.
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SG wrote a caustic letter to the Daily...
Literary responses Sarah Grand
The Times Literary Supplement called this novel a preposterous story, preposterously related.
Grand, Sarah. Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand: Volume 1. Editor Heilmann, Ann, Routledge.
544
On the other hand, the Athenæum praised SG both for not shying away from serious issues and for treating them in an...
Textual Production Sarah Grand
An entire literary-social movement evolved alongside SG 's writings about the New Woman. New Woman fiction, amounting to a new genre, had already been produced by George Egerton in 1893, and was produced by Iota (Kathleen Caffyn)
Friends, Associates Michael Field
They made a friend of George Meredith some time before 1890 and visited him often.
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
66
(When he sent them a signed copy of Modern Love, they were inspired to dance a Dionysic dance...
Literary responses Michael Field
George Meredith wrote to thank the poets for sending him his much treasured copy.
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
67
I have not recently or for many years, he gushed, read verse that moved me so for the faultless flow...
Literary responses Michael Field
In a letter, George Meredith called MF 's characterization of Mary an arresting study..
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
71
He said he hoped that neither woman had been wounded by a most unjust review in the press.
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
70
Literary responses Michael Field
George Meredith liked the poetry of this play, but had some reservation about the effectiveness of several scenes.
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
88
Literary responses Michael Field
George Meredith thought the play would act well but added this criticism: I do not find in your dramatic prose the complete ring that there is in the sound and volume of your blank verse...
Literary responses Michael Field
George Meredith wrote to MF after reading Attila, My Attila!, admitting that he had little praise for the line or the characters.
Field, Michael, and William Rothenstein. Works and Days. Editors Moore, Thomas Sturge and D. C. Sturge Moore, J. Murray.
90
If you had irony in aim, he scolded, you should...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Michael Field
Both Edith and Katharine contributed to this extraordinary journal, giving their impressions of travel, art, religion, death, and love. They also record encounters with their literary contemporaries, including Robert Browning , George Meredith , John Ruskin

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