Modern love and Poems of the English roadside, with poems and ballads / George Meredith ; edited by Rebecca N. Mitchell and Criscillia Benford.

Author/creator Meredith, George
Other author Mitchell, Rebecca N. (Rebecca Nicole), 1976-
Other author Benford, Criscillia.
Other author Meredith, George, 1828-1909
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2013.
Descriptionxlv, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents Grandfather bridgeman -- The meeting -- Modern love -- Roadside philosophers. Juggling Jerry ; The old chartist ; The beggar's soliloquy ; The patriot engineer. -- Poems and ballads. Cassandra ; The young usurper ; Margaret's bridal-eve ; Marian ; The head of bran ; by morning twilight ; Autumn even-song ; Unknown fair faces ; Phantasy ; Shemselnihar ; [A roar thro' the tall twin elm-trees] ; [When I would imagine her features] ; [I chafe at darkness in the night] ; By the Rosanna ; Ode to the spirit of earth in autumn ; The doe: a fragment (from "wandering Willie").
Abstract "Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadside occupies a distinctive and somewhat notorious place within George Meredith's already unique body of work. Modern Love is now best known for the emotionally intense sonnet cycle which Meredith's own contemporaries dismissed as scandalously confessional and indiscreet. While individual sonnets from the work have been anthologized, the complete cycle is rarely included, and the original edition has not been reprinted since its first appearance in 1862. This edition restores the original publication and supplements it with a range of accompanying materials that will reintroduce Meredith's astonishing collection of poetry to a new generation of readers."--Publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2012012358
ISBN9780300173178 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300173172 (cloth : alk. paper)

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