Twentieth Century Literature, June 22nd, 1993
Consideration of the works of early 20th century novelist E.M.Forster and late 20th century writer, Richard Rorty suggests Forster's liberalism has found new expression in Rorty's neoliberalism. Liberal heroine of Forster's 'Howards End,' 1910, Margaret Schlegel anticipates the 'liberal ironist' in Rorty's 'Contingency, Irony and Solidarity,' 1990. For example, at the climax of 'Howards End' Schlegel acknowledges that flexible rather than strict adherence to liberalism may be a necessary contingency in a post-liberal world.
Most critics regard the Edwardian and modern novelist E. M. Forster a...
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