SOURCE: Bernstein, Carol L. “The Union of Our Earth and Skies.” In Precarious Enchantment: A Reading of Meredith's Poetry, pp. 73-109. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1979.
In the following excerpt, Bernstein identifies Meredith's debt to Romanticism, focusing on the poem “Hymn to Colour.” Bernstein emphasizes Meredith's Romantic sympathies to demonstrate that the poem is not merely philosophical, but also sensual.
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