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Page 237
... Meredith's work as an exemplar of it , he dashes off a sentence that sums up much of the best in Meredith : " To me these things are the good ; beauty , touched with sex and laughter ; beauty with God's earth for the background . ' In ...
... Meredith's work as an exemplar of it , he dashes off a sentence that sums up much of the best in Meredith : " To me these things are the good ; beauty , touched with sex and laughter ; beauty with God's earth for the background . ' In ...
Page 239
... Meredith's novels have probably always been Evan Harrington and The Adventures of Harry Richmond . In both , the comedy is less ideal and there is a greater striving after surface realism ; doubtless because the source of the comedy was ...
... Meredith's novels have probably always been Evan Harrington and The Adventures of Harry Richmond . In both , the comedy is less ideal and there is a greater striving after surface realism ; doubtless because the source of the comedy was ...
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... Meredith's examination and dissection of him . Here he was certainly helped by the simplicity , symmetry , and tautness of the novel's design , which brought all his powers into the sharpest focus . So intensely is Sir Willoughby felt ...
... Meredith's examination and dissection of him . Here he was certainly helped by the simplicity , symmetry , and tautness of the novel's design , which brought all his powers into the sharpest focus . So intensely is Sir Willoughby felt ...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 9 |
The Beginnings | 21 |
The Eighteenth Century | 43 |
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