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E.M.Foster : Perils of Humanism / Frederick Campbell Crews.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2178Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1962Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691623221
  • 9781400877317
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 823.912
LOC classification:
  • PR6011.O58 Z65 1962
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- One: Introductory -- Two: Forster and Religion: From Clapham to Bloomsbury -- Three: The Refuge of Liberalism -- Four: Cambridge and "The Good" -- Five: The Longest Journey -- Six: The Italian Novels -- Seven: The Comic Spirit -- Eight: Howards End -- Nine: The Limitations of Mythology -- Ten: A Passage to India -- Eleven: The Importance of Reason -- Index
Summary: 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 his relation to the "Bloomsbury Group," Mr. Crews reveals the growing melancholy in Forster's acceptance of "the perils of humanism."Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- One: Introductory -- Two: Forster and Religion: From Clapham to Bloomsbury -- Three: The Refuge of Liberalism -- Four: Cambridge and "The Good" -- Five: The Longest Journey -- Six: The Italian Novels -- Seven: The Comic Spirit -- Eight: Howards End -- Nine: The Limitations of Mythology -- Ten: A Passage to India -- Eleven: The Importance of Reason -- Index

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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 his relation to the "Bloomsbury Group," Mr. Crews reveals the growing melancholy in Forster's acceptance of "the perils of humanism."Originally published in 1962.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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