and metaphors. But his poetry is more varied than many assessments recognise; noting the tendency to overlook the pessimistic poetry Meredith produced after Modern Love and until the 1880s, Arthur L. Simpson explains that "The contrast between the derivative Romanticism of the early poems and the evolutionary naturalism of those published after 1880 is striking", and notes, of Meredith's work in the 1860s and 1870s, that "The tensions and polarities of the poems of this period bear comparison to those in the poetry of the early Tennyson, of Arnold, and of the Hopkins of the terrible sonnets." Works Novels Poetry Essays Essay on Comedy (1877) Notes References Further reading Clodd, Edward. "George Meredith (1828–1909)", in Clodd's Memories (London: Chapman and Hall, 1916), on p. 138–164. Dawson, William James. "George Meredith", in Dawson's The Makers of English Fiction, 2nd ed., (New York: F.H. Revell Co., 1905), on p. 191–212. Ellis, Stewart Marsh. George Meredith: His Life and Friends in Relation to his Work (Grant Richards Ltd, London 1920). read here Ellis, Stewart Marsh. A Mid-Victorian Pepys. The Letters and Memoirs of Sir William Hardman, M.A., F.R.G.S. (Cecil Palmer, London 1923). Sassoon, Siegfried. Meredith (Constable, London 1948). Stevenson, Lionel. The Ordeal of George Meredith (New York: Scribners, 1953). External links Portal for articles on George Meredith Biography of George Meredith by Elvira Casal W.E. Henley on George Meredith "George Meredith: A Study", by Leonie Gilman, National Magazine'', December 1905 Meredith index entry at Poets' Corner Poems by George Meredith Modern Love The Works of George Meredith at The University of Adelaide Library Archival material at George Meredith Collection. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. 1828 births 1909 deaths Writers from Portsmouth 19th-century English novelists 19th-century English poets Burials in Surrey English male novelists English male poets Members of the Order of Merit Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artists' models Victorian novelists Presidents of the Society of Authors