… Walker, and other feminist writers on comedy remind us, … to "On Comedy," we find that
Meredith was well aware of the obstacles that faced women and progressive comedy: the essay's …

… George Meredith's New Quarterly Magazine publications proclaim, "This is a critical edition."
… ; and an historical essay would detail the text's "genesis and growth, [its] publication, and [its…

… exegesis of comic theory Meredith presented two years … the Essay on Comedy after publication.
What soon becomes clear in the Essay is that the work of Molière represents for Meredith …

… Perhaps because of the demonstrable closeness of these two books there has … The Essay
on Comedy was delivered on Feb. 1, 1877, and was published in the New Quarterly Magazine …

… George Meredith came to be seen as the last of the Victorian sages, something that did his
… novel, The Egoist, along with the Essay on Comedy that preceded it. Also still admired and …

… George Meredith is always on the point of being rediscovered, … by the publication of Selected
Letters of George Meredith, edited … Shuttleworth’s essay in this volume further extends her …

… of George Meredith, a subject which has received, despite the torrent of critical articles and
books … In his "Essay on Comedy," Meredith makes no secret of the obligation to Moliere in his …