Modern Love and the Poems of the English Roadside, with Poems and Ballads

Modern Love and Poems of the English Roadsideoccupies a distinctive and somewhat notorious place within George Meredith's already unique body of work. Modern Loveis now best known for the emotionally intense sonnet cycle which Meredith's own contemporaries dismissed as scandalously confessional and indiscreet. While individual sonnets from the work have been anthologized, the complete cycle is rarely included, and the original edition has not been reprinted since its first appearance in 1862. This edition restores the original publication and supplements it with a range of accompanying materials that will reintroduce Meredith's astonishing collection of poetry to a new generation of readers.

Criscillia Benford is a visiting scholar in the Department of English at Stanford University. Rebecca Mitchell is an assistant professor of English at the University of Texas-Pan American.