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E. M. Forster

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Forster's belief in personal relationships and his experience as a globetrotter allowed him to be a staunch advocate of multiculturalism long before the term came into academic vogue. His stories and writings are rife with a permissive transgression of social, racial, sexual, and cultural strictures. Forster's egalitarianism found a large audience during a time when his intellectual contemporaries were elitist, conservative, and still trying to transition from Victorian to Modern England.

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E. M. Forster Biographies (9)

E. M. Forster

7,258 words, approx. 25 pages

At first glimpse, the work of the British novelist and essayist, E. M. Forster, would hardly be thought to be the stuff of Hollywood. His finely detailed novels explore the Edwardian world of society ... Read more

E. M. Forster

6,720 words, approx. 23 pages

January 1, 1879. E.M. Forster was born in London, England, the only child of Alice Clara (Lily) Whichelo and Edward Morgan Llewellyn Forster, an architect. His name had been registered as Henri, but a... Read more

Edward Morgan Forster

1,198 words, approx. 4 pages

The English novelist and essayist Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970) was concerned with the conflict between the freedom of the spirit and the conventions of society.Educated at Tonbridge School (which... Read more

E(dward) M(organ) Forster

16,247 words, approx. 55 pages

During the Edwardian years and into the 1920s, E. M. Forster consolidated his reputation as a novelist of distinction and as a persuasive man of letters. He attained the greatest recognition and autho... Read more

E(dward) M(organ) Forster

7,075 words, approx. 24 pages

E. M. Forster's reputation as a writer may justly be said to rest, essentially, on his novels. His output as a novelist was not large: only six novels were completed, of which the fifth, Maurice (fini... Read more

E(dward) M(organ) Forster

5,316 words, approx. 18 pages

Edward Morgan Forster, though best known as a novelist, also distinguished himself in other genres, including the short story. His first collection of stories as well as four of his six novels appeare... Read more

E(dward) M(organ) Forster

2,704 words, approx. 10 pages

E. M. Forster holds a rather unusual position in English literature. By the age of thirty-two he had gained recognition for four out of the five novels that were to appear in his lifetime. After that ... Read more

E(dward) M(organ) Forster

5,787 words, approx. 20 pages

In a 1959 lecture, "Three Countries," E. M. Forster called himself "a confirmed globetrotter," but the impact of travel on his life and work cannot adequately be suggested by that light phrase. What F... Read more

Edward Morgan Forster

17,893 words, approx. 60 pages

Biography EssayDuring the Edwardian years and into the 1920s, E. M. Forster consolidated his reputation as a novelist of distinction and as a persuasive man of letters. He attained the greatest recogn... Read more

Essays & Analysis (5)

Critical Essay by John Beer

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Lucy's Emotional Immaturity

1,547 words, approx. 6 pages

`You're the sort who can't know anyone intimately.' is the reasoning which Lucy gives for the breaking off of her engagement with Cecil, following her encounter with George Emerson when Lucy, in the p... Read more

Cecil's Intellect Suffocates Lucy

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Cecil, a `more than presentable' figure within society, is `good', `clever' and `rich'. With `good' connections and "beautiful manners", Mrs Honeychurch greatly approved of his accepted proposal to ma... Read more

Compare the Presentation of Foreigners Abroad in Indian Ink and Room with a View

2,919 words, approx. 10 pages

Indian Ink and A Room with a View are both set in different eras. A Room with a View is set in the Edwardian era when, like the central character in the book, people were beginning to challenge Vict... Read more

A Room with a View

606 words, approx. 3 pages

A room with a view is a film which explicitly deals with the conflict between the individual and society undermining many ideas on the gender roles and status of women in the Regency era as well as th... Read more

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