E.M.Foster: Perils of Humanism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780691623221)

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.

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Author: Frederick Campbell Crews
ISBN-10: 0691623228
ISBN-13: 9780691623221
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2015
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.42d