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| Genre/Form: | Biographie Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | E M Forster; E M Forster; E M Forster; Edward M Forster |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wendy Moffat |
| ISBN: | 9780374166786 0374166781 |
| OCLC Number: | 428926421 |
| Description: | 404 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue : "Start with the fact that he was homosexual" -- pt. 1. Becoming a "grown up man" -- "A queer moment" -- Kings and apostles -- "A minority, not a solitary" -- "The spark, the darkness on the walk" -- "Ordinary affectionate men" -- "Parting with respectability" -- "A great unrecorded history" -- pt. 2. Happiness can come in one's natural growth -- "Do not forget your ever friend" -- "Toms and Dicks" -- "A little like being married" -- "The last Englishman" -- "My dear America" -- "I favor reciprocal dishonesty" -- "The worm that never dies." |
| Responsibility: | Wendy Moffat. |
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Abstract:
With the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel Maurice in 1970, E. M. Forster came out as a homosexual--though that revelation made barely a ripple in his literary reputation. As Wendy Moffat persuasively argues, Forster's homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde's imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life--a history of gay experience he believed would find its audience in a happier time. Moffat's decade of detective work--including first-time interviews with Forster's friends--has resulted in the first book to integrate Forster's public and private lives. Seeing his life through the lens of his sexuality offers us a radically new view, revealing his astuteness as a social critic, his political bravery, and his prophetic vision of gay intimacy. This book invites us to see Forster--and modern gay history--from a completely new angle.--From publisher description.
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