乔治·梅瑞底斯是与狄更斯同时代的重要作家之一,在十九世纪的英国文坛交战中,曾一度以与畅销书作家竞争的姿态而活跃于文坛。百年来,批评家对他的创作思想未形成明确的共识。但是倘若对他的作品深入考察,可以发现,其创作主题体现出明显的阶段性和流变性。他由一个在创作初期致力于女性解放的现实主义作家,转向中期以进化论和教育观念完善社会的理想主义者,再过渡到后期创作的现代主义风格。梅瑞迪斯创作主题的嬗变,是维多利亚时期文坛格局中值得关注的文学现象。 George Meredith, one of the important writers of his time with Dickens, was once active in the literary arena in a competitive manner with best-seller in the 19th century British literary arena. For centuries, critics have not reached a clear consensus on his creative thinking. However, if he conducted an in-depth study of his works, it can be found that his creative theme embodies obvious stage and fluidity. He turned to a realist writer dedicated to the emancipation of women in the early days of his creation and turned to the idealist who perfected the society through evolution and education in the middle and then to the modernist style of his later works. The evolution of Meredith’s writing theme is a notable phenomenon of literature in the Victorian literary world.