Concerning E.M. Forster

A major reassessment of the one of the greatest English novelist of the twentieth century from celebrated critic Sir Frank Kermode.CONCERNING E.M. FORSTER is a rich varied and original portrait of a literary great. When Sir Frank Kermode delivered the Clark Lectures at Cambridge University he chose E.M. Forster as his subject; these lectures form the core of this book. Kermode reappraises the influence and meaning of Forster''s oeuvre offering a fascinating interpretation of his most celebrated work A PASSAGE TO INDIA.There follows a series of interweaving discussions that bring to life diverse topics - Empire class poverty the condition of the novel the role of the artist - but always return to our enigmatic subject. Kermode also reflects on Forster''s considerable talent and shortcomings places him within a wider social context and casts spotlight on his contemporaries presenting a unique panorama of twentieth-century English literature.