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Empires of Objects: Accumulation and Entropy in E. M. Forster's Howards End.

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From: Twentieth Century Literature
Date: 20000922
Author:TURNER, HENRY S.

[T]here seems something else in life besides time, something which may conveniently be called "value," something which is measured not by minutes or hours, but by intensity, so that when we look at our past it does not stretch back evenly but piles up into a few notable pinnacles...

--E. M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel 19

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.

--E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy 6-7

Speaking to a BBC audience in 1946 on the topic of the "Challenge of Our Time," Forster addressed ...

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