内容简介
This edition of Meredith's satirical novel of manners reprints that of 1897, which incorporated Meredith's revisions to the first edition of 1879.The editor has further emended some errors which escaped Meredith's attention and has provided exceptionally useful notes to the novel.
As background, Meredith's "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit" is provided. The critical essays are by Robert D. Mayo,Richard B. Hudson, Jenni Calder, Gillian Beer, John Goode, Charles J.Hill, Michael Sundell, Virginia Woolf, John Lucas, and Robert M.Adams.
As background, Meredith's "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit" is provided. The critical essays are by Robert D. Mayo,Richard B. Hudson, Jenni Calder, Gillian Beer, John Goode, Charles J.Hill, Michael Sundell, Virginia Woolf, John Lucas, and Robert M.Adams.