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Works of E. M. Forster: Critical Commentary, Essay Questions and Bibliography

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Forster, E. M.

Forster, E. M.
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critical Commentary, Essay Questions and Bibliography

Critical Commentary

Early Criticism:

Although Howards End and A Passage to India are generally accepted by
critics as E. M. Forster's most successful and important novels, there has
been a certain flurry of controversy over which work is better. Perhaps the
best known opponents in this conflict have been F. R. Leavis, one of the most
influential literary critics in England today, and Lionel Trilling, this
counterpart on the American literary scene. Leavis asserted in 1938-in one of
the earliest and ...

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