Aspects of the Novel

E.M. Forster, Oliver Stallybrass, Frank Kermode

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Penguin Classics
16 September 2005

"First time in Black Classics for this classic critque of the art of the novel, but one of its greatest practitioners.

Collection of literary lectures by E.M. Forster, published in 1927. For the purposes of his study, Forster defines the novel as ""any fictitious prose work over 50,000 words."" Forester's wit and lively, informed originality have made this study of the novel a classic. Avoiding the chronological approach of what he calls ""pseudoscholarship,"" Forster freely examines elements that all English-language novels have in common- story, people, plot, fantasy, prophecy, pattern and rhythm."

By: E.M. Forster, Oliver Stallybrass
Preface by: Frank Kermode
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 180g
ISBN: 9780141441696
ISBN 10: 0141441690
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 16 September 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. Sir Frank Kermode is the first literary critic to be knighted since Empson and is widely acknowledged as the head of the profession in this country. His books include A Sense of an Endgin, his autobiography, Not Entitled, Pleasing Myself, and the best-selling Shakespeare's Language.