George Meredith
George Meredith (Portsmouth, 12.2. 1828. - Boxhill, 18.5. 1909.), engleski književnik
Iako je cijelog života pisao i pjesme, prvenstveno je romanopisac. Ističe da bez smisla za komediju nema ni smisla za duhovnost uopće, a tu koncepciju komedije unosi u mnoge svoje romane. Njegovu liriku karakterizira prirodni realizam u znaku tajanstvenog sudioništva čovjeka i svemira, a romane pozitivistička filozofija (koja polazi od Comtea i Darwina), a zajednički im je tzv. "Meredithov manirizam", metodski postupak koji se ne odnosi na vanjski izražajni sistem, nego zahvaća i samu bit njegove umjetnosti.
Djela
urediNovele
uredi- The Shaving of Shagpot, (Brijanje Shagpata), (1856)
- Farina, (1857)
- The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, (1859)
- Evan Harrington, (1861)
- Emilia in England, (Emilija u Engleskoj), (1864)
- Rhoda Fleming, (Rhoda i Flemming), (1865)
- Vittoria, (1867)
- The Adventures of Harry Richmond, (1871)
- Beauchamp's Career, (Beauchampova karijera), (1875)
- The House on the Beach, (1877)
- The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper, (1877)
- The Tale of Chloe, (1879)
- The Egoist, (Egoist) (1879)
- The Tragic Comedians, (1880)
- Diana of the Crossways, (1885)
- One of our Conquerours, (1891)
- Lord Ormont and his Aminta, (1894)
- The Amazing Marriage, (1895)
- Celt and Saxon, (1910)
Poezija
uredi- Poems, (1851)
- Modern Love, (Moderna ljubav), (1862)
- Poems and Lyrics of the Joy of Earth, (1883)
- A Faith on Trial, (1885)
- Ballads and Poems of Tragic Life, (1887)
- A Reading of Earth, (1888)
- The Empty Purse, (1892)
- Odes in Contribution to the Song of French History, (1898)
- A Reading of Life, (1901)
- Last Poems, (1909)