SOURCE: "On the Idea of Comedy and of the Uses of the Comic Spirit," in An Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit, edited by Lane Cooper, 1897. Reprint by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1918, pp. 73-155.
Meredith was a respected nineteenth-century British poet, novelist, and critic. His creative works, though they are considered to lack a philosophical framework, reflect the ideas of his age: they embody a profound belief in evolution and in the essential goodness of humanity. In the following excerpt, he briefly comments on Terence, focusing especially on his "beautiful translucency of language."
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