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Description
E. M. Forster's writings have enjoyed remarkable popularity since the early years of the twentieth century. Their strongly visual quality, vividly evoking the English landscape as well as the more exotic settings of Italy and India, has lent itself to adaptation in several highly successful films. Forster's masterpiece A Passage to India, has a powerful popular appeal and an assured place in the English literary heritage. This guide seeks to explore creatively the fascination of Forster's writing and to show how interesting ideas can emerge from close reading of extracts from the novels. The approach is open-minded. Readers are encouraged to think for themselves, enjoy evolving their own interpretations and have confidence in the judgements they arrive at. Detailed analysis brings out the delicate balance of the novels - the humour, irony and ambiguity underlying the urbane, readable surface, and their unique blending of realism, comedy and romance. The result is a deeper appreciation of the subtlety and range of Forster's ideas, the technical mastery of his work, and the unconventional cast of his mind.
Table of Contents
How to Use this Book
PART 1: ANALYSING E.M. FORSTER'S NOVELS
First Impressions
Locations
Characters
Encounters
Relationships
Conclusions
PART 2: BACKGROUND AND CRITICISM
E.M. Forster's Life and Work
The Context of E.M. Forster's Work
Some Critical Approaches
Further Reading
List of Passages Discussed
Index.
Product details
| Published | 31 Oct 2001 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 222 |
| ISBN | 9780333922538 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Analysing Texts |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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