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E.M. Forster
A lucid and accessible reading of all the novels taking full account of recent critical work but avoiding theoretical jargon to present a new and original view of E.M. Forster's writing.
112 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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June 27, 2024
برای زمانهای که ویکیپدیا و سایر سایتهای ریویونویسی امروزی وجود نداشتهاند، شاید کتاب خوبی در معرفی فورستر بوده. اما وارد جزئیات ریز داستانها شدن و تعریف بخشهای زیادی از آنها ضرورتی ندارد و این معرفی را بیش از اندازه کسالتبار کرده. در مجموع با وجود احترامم برای میرعلایی فقید، بهنظرم انتخاب خوبی برای ترجمه نبوده.
November 28, 2016
Those wonderful people at Endeavour Press provided me with a Review Copy of this book.
Edward Morgan Forster has written 5 novels, nonfiction and many short stories (besides a number of short essays on the lives of authors, Forster has written two full-length biographies: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1934) and Marianne Thornton (1956). The first was a friend and the second a beloved relative (his great-aunt)).
This 40 page book by Harry T. Moore goes over Forster's output. The book was originally released in 1965 I believe. I really only knew of EM Forster due to the marvellous Merchant Ivory Film Productions and specifically 'A Room with a View' (1985) and 'Howards End' (1992).
After a very brief background of Forster's early life including his time at Cambridge and his travels which were to shape his books Moore starts with the short stories.
If you have read Forster then this short book is a nice add-on. If you have not, like me, then it is always interesting and does get you to wishing you really had more time to sit in front of a roaring open fire with book in hand (I can oh but dream).
Edward Morgan Forster has written 5 novels, nonfiction and many short stories (besides a number of short essays on the lives of authors, Forster has written two full-length biographies: Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1934) and Marianne Thornton (1956). The first was a friend and the second a beloved relative (his great-aunt)).
This 40 page book by Harry T. Moore goes over Forster's output. The book was originally released in 1965 I believe. I really only knew of EM Forster due to the marvellous Merchant Ivory Film Productions and specifically 'A Room with a View' (1985) and 'Howards End' (1992).
After a very brief background of Forster's early life including his time at Cambridge and his travels which were to shape his books Moore starts with the short stories.
If you have read Forster then this short book is a nice add-on. If you have not, like me, then it is always interesting and does get you to wishing you really had more time to sit in front of a roaring open fire with book in hand (I can oh but dream).
November 25, 2016
Not a biography.
I was so disappointed that this is not a biography, as the title suggests. Rather it is a rambling, disjointed, series of book reviews. Of Forster's works, and several other authors.
I was so disappointed that this is not a biography, as the title suggests. Rather it is a rambling, disjointed, series of book reviews. Of Forster's works, and several other authors.
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