SOURCE: Muendel, Renate. “Meredith's Poetry.” In George Meredith, pp. 16-46. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986.
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 clumsy, overwrought poet in much of his work, and reserves highest praise for his earlier poetry.
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