E. M. Forster (1879–1970)
Autore di Passaggio in India
Sull'Autore
Edward Morgan Forster was born on January 1, 1879, in London, England. He never knew his father, who died when Forster was an infant. Forster graduated from King's College, Cambridge, with B.A. degrees in classics (1900) and history (1901), as well as an M.A. (1910). In the mid-1940s he returned to mostra altro Cambridge as a professor, living quietly there until his death in 1970. Forster was named to the Order of Companions of Honor to the Queen in 1953. Forster's writing was extensively influenced by the traveling he did in the earlier part of his life. After graduating from Cambridge, he lived in both Greece and Italy, and used the latter as the setting for the novels Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) and A Room with a View (1908). The Longest Journey was published in 1907. Howard's End was modeled on the house he lived in with his mother during his childhood. During World War I, he worked as a Red Cross Volunteer in Alexandria, aiding in the search for missing soldiers; he later wrote about these experiences in the nonfiction works Alexandria: A History and Guide and Pharos and Pharillon. His two journeys to India, in 1912 and 1922, resulted in A Passage to India (1924), which many consider to be Forster's best work; this title earned the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Forster wrote only six novels, all prior to 1925 (although Maurice was not published until 1971, a year after Forster's death, probably because of its homosexual theme). For much of the rest of his life, he wrote literary criticism (Aspects of the Novel) and nonfiction, including biographies (Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson), histories, political pieces, and radio broadcasts. Howard's End, A Room with a View, and A Passage to India have all been made into successful films. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di E. M. Forster
Howards End / The Longest Journey / Maurice / A Passage to India / A Room With a View / Where Angels Fear to Tread (1995) 68 copie
Where Angels Fear to Tread / The Longest Journey / A Room With a View / Howards End / A Passage to India (1978) 34 copie
The E.M. Forster Collection: 11 Novels and Short Stories (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 34 copie
Aspects of E.M. Forster: Essays and Recollections Written for His 90th Birthday, Jan. 1, 1969 (1969) 9 copie
Reading & Training : E.M. Forster : A passage to India [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 6 copie
The Machine Stops and Other Stories (Collector's Library) by Forster, E. M. (2012) Hardcover (1900) 6 copie
E. M. Forster: a tribute — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Howards End / The Longest Journey / The Machine Stops / A Room With A View / Where Angels Fear to Tread (2009) 6 copie
E M Forster - Collected Works, Including a Room with a View, Howards End, the Longest Journey, Where Angels Fear to… (2013) 3 copie
Resurrezione 2 copie
Penguin modern classics 2 copie
Mr. Andrews 2 copie
The Curate's Friend 2 copie
Dr. Woolacott 2 copie
La máquina se detiene 1 copia
Arthur Snatchfold 1 copia
Lord Of The Flies Hardcover 1982 1 copia
LA MANSIÓN 1 copia
When A.I. Goes Bad 1 copia
Modern Library 1 copia
A Room with a View 1 copia
Reading & Training : E.M. Forster : A room with a view [book + sound recording] (2008) — Writer — 1 copia
E. M. Forster "A Passage to India" 1924 1st American Edition 1st Printing NOVEL [Hardcover] unknown 1 copia
MOS E LUFTO PRANVEREN 1 copia
[Selections] 1 copia
Selected Works 1 copia
My Own Centenary 1 copia
Credo 1 copia
The Government of Egypt 1 copia
The Consolations of History 1 copia
A Garland for E. M. Forster 1 copia
A Room with a View and Other Works by E.M. Forster (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 1 copia
The Machine Stops (and) The Point of It — Autore — 1 copia
Una habitación con vistas 1 copia
“The Other Boat” 1 copia
The New Disorder 1 copia
Collected Works of E. M. Forster 1 copia
The E. M. Forster Collection 1 copia
The Classical Annex 1 copia
Howards End and Other Works by E.M. Forster (Unexpurgated Edition) (Halcyon Classics) (2009) 1 copia
Casa Howard 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time (1973) — Collaboratore — 791 copie
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: 33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen (2009) — Collaboratore — 364 copie
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 2 (1979) — Collaboratore — 249 copie
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Collaboratore — 183 copie
Pages Passed from Hand to Hand: The Hidden Tradition of Homosexual Literature in English from 1748 to 1914 (1998) — Collaboratore — 170 copie
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Collaboratore — 146 copie
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Collaboratore — 131 copie
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 118 copie
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
The End of the World: Classic Tales of Apocalyptic Science Fiction (2010) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Collaboratore — 40 copie
Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Collaboratore — 29 copie
Tom Barber Trilogy: Uncle Stephen, The Retreat, and Young Tom (1955) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 17 copie
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1944) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
The Origins of Science Fiction (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) (2022) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Dystopia: A Collection of Early Dystopian Novels (6 Classic Novels and 1 Short Story By H.G. Wells, Jack London, Ayn… (2011) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Ode to Boy: Vol. 2: An Anthology of Same-Sex Attraction in Literature from the 19th Century Through the First World War (2014) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Modern Short Stories — Collaboratore — 1 copia
90 Masterpieces You Must Read (Vol.1): Novels, Poetry, Plays, Short Stories, Essays, Psychology & Philosophy (2020) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Forster, Edward Morgan
- Data di nascita
- 1879
- Data di morte
- 1970
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Canley Garden Cemetery and Crematorium, Canley, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Marylebone, London, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Coventry, England, UK
- Causa della morte
- stroke
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Alexandria, Egypt
Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India
Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK - Istruzione
- Cambridge University (King's College | BA | Classics, 1900 | History, 1901 | MA|1910)
Tonbridge School, Kent, England, UK - Attività lavorative
- novelist
essayist
librettist - Relazioni
- von Arnim, Elizabeth (employer)
Buckingham, Bob (friend)
Ackerley, Joe (friend)
Reid, Forrest (friend) - Organizzazioni
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary ∙ Literature ∙ 1949)
Bloomsbury Group
Cambridge Apostles
International Red Cross - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Royal Society of Literature Benson Medal (1937)
Honorary Fellowship, King's College, Cambridge
Order of Merit (1969)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Utenti
Discussioni
British Author Challenge December 2023: Malorie Blackman & E. M. Forster in 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (Dicembre 31, 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Story of a Panic" by E. M. Forster in The Weird Tradition (Dicembre 2021)
E. M. Forster in Legacy Libraries (Giugno 2016)
A Room with a View in Made into a Movie (Gennaio 2016)
Rebel Read: Aspects of the Novel in Le Salon Littéraire du Peuple pour le Peuple (Febbraio 2014)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 178
- Opere correlate
- 86
- Utenti
- 50,680
- Popolarità
- #300
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 794
- ISBN
- 1,599
- Lingue
- 28
- Preferito da
- 269
Maurice ci mostra come il suo omonimo protagonista cerchi la sua strada e di come questa gli si presenti così dolorosamente solitaria e così vischiosa per l’ipocrisia di chi non vuole o fa finta di non vedere. È difficile relazionarsi con il mondo, o anche solo con i propri familiari, in modo sano quando una parte tanto importante di te dovrà rimanere nascosta, per evitare lo scandalo e una sofferenza che a volte si sogna nella speranza possa far cessare quella presente, anche se si è ben consapevoli di quanto possa essere distruttiva.
All’inizio del romanzo è facile provare antipatia per Maurice: non è il tipico personaggio che suscita le simpatie di chi legge, eppure nel proseguimento della lettura si finisce per sperare in un lieto fine perché il riconoscimento dei diritti umani prescinde dalle simpatie. Forster è bravissimo nel mettere su carta il dramma di Maurice, che prima teme la scoperta della propria sessualità e poi, quando la felicità sembra lì a portata di mano e questa fugge via, è incapace di tornare indietro per fingere di non essere mai stato libero e per incatenarsi a un matrimonio che non vuole.
Forster scrisse al suo amico, Forrest Reid: «L’uomo del mio libro, considerato nel complesso, è buono, ma manca poco che la società non lo distrugga, e attraversa la vita quasi scantonando, furtivo e sparuto, gravato da un senso di colpa». È un’affermazione ancora così tristemente attuale che i dubbi che Forster nutriva sull’opportunità di pubblicare Maurice anche dopo la sua morte sono del tutto comprensibili (tanto che sulla copertina del dattiloscritto lasciò scritto: «Pubblicabile… però ne vale la pena?»). Meno male, però, che alla fine è stato pubblicato: non solo per il valore letterario del romanzo, ma anche per il conforto che avrà saputo dare nel tempo a tante persone.… (altro)