E.M. Forster: The Novels

ISBN-13: 9780333922538 / Angielski

Mike Edwards

Opis

This practical approach to E.M. Forster's novels, shows how coherent criticism evolves from close reading of short extracts. The intention is to help students develop confidence in following their own ideas and assimilate skill in analysis. Edwards discusses four of Forster's most commonly-studied works: A Room with a View; Howards End; A Passage to India and The Longest Journey. The major part of the book is devoted to sample analyses, with detailed guidance and suggestions for follow-up work. There is additional material on Forster's life and work and an introduction to critical treatments of his novels.

Spis treści

General Editor's Preface.- 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.

O autorze

MIKE EDWARDS was previously Head of Humanities at Crosskeys College, Gwent. He is the author of Charlotte Bronte in the Analysing Texts series.

Blurb

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.