The Evolution of Meredith's New Woman: A Counter Discourse

George Meredith (1828-1909), neither a puritan nor a pagan sensualist , is a novelist of immense power and distinction who cares affectionately for individual man and woman. Unlike the pessimistic regret of Hardy , Meredith accepts the current theories of Evolution seeing in them the enlightening promise of a new spiritual dawn. His championship in portraying woman, his demands for her emancipation and his respect for her intelligence eradicate the wrong notions of womanhood in Victorian period.

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Dr Barnali Mukhopadhyay is working in Krishnath College, Berhampore, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India since 2006. She was a National Scholar and a Junior Research Fellow in the Department of English in Rabindra Bharati University. She worked as an academic coordinator in distance education in Rabindra Bharati university and a Guest Lecturer.