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Each of E. M. Forster's five novels-The Longest journey, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Room with a View. Howards End, and A Passage to India-is here analyzed within the framework of Forster's cultural heritage nineteenth-century liberalism and humanism. In tracing Forster's family and educational background, his religious and political heritage, and



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. viii*One: Introductory, pg. 1*Two: Forster and Religion: From Clapham to Bloomsbury, pg. 7*Three: The Refuge of Liberalism, pg. 19*Four: Cambridge and "The Good", pg. 37*Five: The Longest Journey, pg. 50*Six: The Italian Novels, pg. 71*Seven: The Comic Spirit, pg. 92*Eight: Howards End, pg. 105*Nine: The Limitations of Mythology, pg. 124*Ten: A Passage to India, pg. 142*Eleven: The Importance of Reason, pg. 164*Index, pg. 181

E.M.Foster Perils of Humanism

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691623221, 978-0691623221
      ISBN10: 0691623228
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Each of E. M. Forster's five novels-The Longest journey, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Room with a View. Howards End, and A Passage to India-is here analyzed within the framework of Forster's cultural heritage nineteenth-century liberalism and humanism. In tracing Forster's family and educational background, his religious and political heritage, and



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. viii*One: Introductory, pg. 1*Two: Forster and Religion: From Clapham to Bloomsbury, pg. 7*Three: The Refuge of Liberalism, pg. 19*Four: Cambridge and "The Good", pg. 37*Five: The Longest Journey, pg. 50*Six: The Italian Novels, pg. 71*Seven: The Comic Spirit, pg. 92*Eight: Howards End, pg. 105*Nine: The Limitations of Mythology, pg. 124*Ten: A Passage to India, pg. 142*Eleven: The Importance of Reason, pg. 164*Index, pg. 181

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