Treceți la conținutul principal

E. M. Forster: A Biography by Harry T. Moore (Author)

Image result for Edward Morgan ForsterEdward Morgan Forster is one of the most revered of modern English novelists…

His 1908 novel, A Room with a View, is his most optimistic work, while Howard’s End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924) brought him his greatest success, and are widely considered his greatest achievements.

But what was the nature of Forster's genius, and why are his books still so popular?

The value of his fiction lies to a great extent in his representative portraits of people.

On the title page of Howards End, Forster placed a phrase representing the philosophy of one of his characters, which is essentially his own philosophy - “Only connect.”

Forster’s main works revolve around the failure of people to communicate with one another satisfactorily, their failure to smash down the walls of prejudice that have risen between them and to establish among themselves the relationships that could be possible.

Given a wider application, Harry T. Moore sees this as the history of humanity in our time.

Forster, beginning his work early in this century of wars, saw from the first the schisms between people and the separate worlds they live in.

Harry T. Moore examines Forster’s five novels, and his collections of short stories to get to the heart of his writing and to shed light on the life of this remarkable man.

Praise for Harry T. Moore



‘Moore has drawn from the long out of print’ – Kirkus reviews

‘A literary must’ – Kirkus reviews

‘Harry T. Moore, prolific critic and…biographer’ – Paul Schlueter

Harry T. Moore (1908-1981) is best remembered for his studies of the life and works of D.H. Lawrence. He also wrote and edited books on the writings of John Steinbeck, E.M. Forster, Henry James, as well as several collections of essays on twentieth-century literature. Moore’s biography of Lawrence, The Priest of Love became the basis for a film starring Ian McKellen and Janet Suzman in 1981. Moore became a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, as well as the President of the College English Association. He also won the Guggenheim Fellowships in 1958 and 1960.

sursa: amazon.com

Postări populare de pe acest blog

Cum schimbă limba pe care o vorbeşti lucrurile pe care le vezi? Lingviştii văd lumea diferit

Dacă doi oameni s-ar uita la acelaşi obiect, ei vor vedea lucruri cu totul diferite. Potrivit unui nou studiu realizat de cercetătorii de la Universitatea Johns Hopkins, familiarizarea unei persoane cu un obiect, în special, cu literele alfabetului, va influenţa trăsăturile pe care le observă. Studiind modurile diferite prin care oamenii percep un alfabet, cercetătorii au descoperit că expertiza ajută la sortarea caracteristicilor neînsemnate, lăsând novicii să privească literele ca fiind ceva mai complex. Oamenii de ştiinţă de la Universitatea Johns Hopkins au analizat răspunsurile a 50 de participanţi care au fost rugaţi să stabilească dacă perechile de litere arabe erau diferite sau identice. Participanţii au fost repartizaţi în grupuri a câte 50 de persoane, dintre care 25 erau experţi în arabă, iar alţi 25 nu cunoşteau limba. Cercetătorii au arătat participanţilor 2.000 de perechi de litere, măsurând viteza de răspuns ...

Man Booker prize 2015 longlist: let the 'posh bingo' begin

At midday on Wednesday, the opening list of runners and riders for Britain’s leading books prize is unleashed on the reading world. Who will it be? Who will it be? With less than 24 hours to go before the longlist is announced, we’re starting to wonder who’ll make up this year’s Man Booker dozen – even though offering predictions is, in this game of “posh bingo”, as Julian Barnes put it, a bit like filling in your card before the numbers have been called. In the second year that American authors have been eligible, one obvious contender is Hanya Yanagihara ’s epic tearjerker about love, friendship and the effects of childhood abuse: A Little Life is hot off presses in the UK and currently consuming readers on both sides of the Atlantic. Other US novels to look out for include Marilynne Robinson’s Lila, the third in her Gilead series, published to ecstatic reviews last November ; a strong debut from Atticus Lish exploring poverty and hard graft in an unforgiving post-cra...

Subway Performer Mike Yung - Unchained Melody (23rd Street Viral Sensation)