In the following excerpt, Mermin sees Modern Love as a turning point in Meredith's career, from poet to novelist. Mermin proposes that the narrative style of the poem suggests a type of psychol...
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In the following essay, Watt employs the concept of neurosis to interpret the thoughts and behavior of the husband in Modern Love. Watt reads the husband's actions as symptomatic of his narciss...
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In the following excerpt, Muendel gives an overview of Meredith's poetry apart from Modern Love, emphasizing Meredith's concern for aesthetic philosophy. She characterizes Meredith as a ...
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In the following essay, Fletcher focuses on the parallels between Modern Love and Shakespeare's Othello in order to highlight Meredith's development of psychology and character. In this ...
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In the following essay, Golden considers Meredith's poem within the generic tradition of the sonnet sequence. Comparing the sonnets of Modern Love to Petrarchan and Shakespearean forms, Golden ...
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In the following essay, Ostrom suggests that the “incomplete tragic resolution” of Modern Love demonstrates the particularly Victorian sensibility of the poem and is linked to the Victor...
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George Clooney auctioned off a kiss. Bono wailed "With or Without You" on the red carpet. And Jerry Seinfeld dressed up like a furry bumblebee and went flying above the beach.The 60th edition of th...
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The name Ayelet, as in Ayelet Waldman, has become something of an epithet on the fabulously acerbic, anonymous, Gotham-centric Internet chat board Urbanbaby.com. “But who is Ayelet?” so...
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From: Fonda Communications L.L.C.
To: All members of the media
Re: The Jane Fonda “Stop the War Now” Bus Tour, March 2006.
Dear Editor, Blogger, Journalist, TV Producer or otherw...
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From: Fonda Communications L.L.C. To: All members of the media Re: The Jane Fonda “Stop the War Now” Bus Tour, March 2006. Dear Editor, Blogger, Journalist, TV Producer or other...
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Critical Essay by Dorothy Mermin
Modern Love: The Not So Perfect Proposal
