Forster, E(dward) M(organ)
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For·ster (fôrʹstər), E(dward) M(organ). 1879-1970.
British writer whose novels, such as
A Room with a View (1908) and
Howards End (1910), explore the emotional and moral shortcomings of England's upper classes.
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born Jan. 1, 1879, London, Eng.
died June 7, 1970, Coventry, Warwickshire
British writer.
Forster was born into an upper-middle-class family. He attended the University of Cambridge and from roughly 1907 was a member of the informal
Bloomsbury group. His early works include
Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905),
The Longest Journey (1907),
A Room with a View (1908), and his first major success,
Howards End (1910), novels that show his acute observation of middle-class life and its values. After periods in India and Alexandria, he wrote his finest novel,
A Passage to India (1924), examining the failure of human understanding between ethnic and social groups under British rule.
Maurice, a novel with a homosexual theme written in 1913, appeared posthumously.
Aspects of the Novel (1927) is a classic discussion of aesthetics and the creative process. Awarded an honorary fellowship in 1946 at Cambridge, he lived there until his death.
E.M. Forster
BBC Hulton Picture Library
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Universalium.
2010.
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