The Cambridge Companion to E. M. Forster

A collection of essays on the life and work of E. M. Forster.

David Bradshaw (Edited by)

9780521542524, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 April 2007

310 pages
22.6 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.507 kg

'It is an accessible and detailed treatment of the many themes in Forster's work as well as the contradictions and problems which beset him and which can be traced through his writing.' Reference Reviews

This collection of essays, each one by a recognized expert, provides lively and innovative readings of every aspect of Forster's wide-ranging career. It includes substantial chapters dedicated to his two major novels, Howards End and A Passage to India, and further chapters focus on A Room With a View and Maurice. Forster's connections with the values of Bloomsbury and the lure of Greece and Italy in his work are assessed, as is his vexed relationship with Modernism. Other essays investigate his role as a literary critic, the status of his work within the genres of the novel and the short story, his treatment of sexuality and his attitude to and representation of women. This was the most comprehensive study of Forster's work to be published for many years, providing an invaluable source of comment on and insight into his writings.

Chronology
Introduction David Bradshaw
1. Forster's life and life-writing Max Saunders
2. Bloomsbury and other values David Medalie
3. Forster and England Paul Peppis
4. Hellenism and the lure of Italy Ann Ardis
5. Forster and the short story Dominic Head
6. Forster and the novel Elizabeth Langland
7. Forsterian sexuality Christopher Lane
8. Forster and women Jane Goldman
9. A Room with a View Judith Herz
10. Howards End David Bradshaw
11. Maurice Howard Booth
12. A Passage to India Peter Childs
13. Forster and modernism Randall Stevenson
14. Forster as literary critic Gary Day
15. Filmed Forster Marcia Landy
16. Postcolonial Forster Peter Morey.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]