Aspects of the Novel (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Forster, E.M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140183981 ISBN 13: 9780140183986

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

A highly original and intelligent investigation of the novel from celebrated writer and gentle genius E. M. Forster

E. M. Forster s renowned guide to writing sparkles with wit and insight for contemporary writers and readers. With lively language and excerpts from well-known classics, Forster takes on the seven elements vital to a novel: story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern, and rhythm. He not only defines and explains such terms as round versus flat characters (and why both are needed for an effective novel), but also provides examples of writing from such literary greats as Dickens and Austen. Forster's original commentary illuminates and entertains without lapsing into complicated, scholarly rhetoric, coming together in a key volume on writing that avoids chronology and what he calls pseudoscholarship. "

About this title

Book Description:

A volume of literary criticism from E. M. Forster, author of "A Room With a View", "A Passage to India", "Maurice" and "Howards End".

About the Author:

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author and critic and a member of the Bloomsbury group. His first novel, Where Angels Fear To Tread appeared in 1905. The Longest Journey appeared in 1907 followed by A Room With A View (1908), based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother. Howards End (1910) was a story that centered on an English country house and dealt with the clash between two families, one interested in art and literature, the other only in business. Maurice was revised several times during his life, and finally published posthumously in 1971.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140183981
• ISBN 13: 9780140183986
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208