1. E.M. Forster His life and work

2. Early life  Born in 1879 in London  Edward Morgan Forster  Father was an architect  Died before Edward was 2  Raised by women - mother and aunts  Used money from great aunt to travel and write later in life

3. Forster as a child, 1890

4. Childhood home, Rooksnest

5. College Life  Attended King’s College of Cambridge  1897-1901  Member of Apostles  Discussion group  Later became Bloomsbury Group  Virginia Woolf also a member  Enjoyed freedom of intellectual discussions and focus on personal relationships

6. After graduation  Traveled with his mother to Italy and Greece  Gave him material to use later  Satire of British tourists  Feared anything “foreign”  Wrote essays and stories for liberal Independent Review

8. Forster with mother

9. Tutoring  1905 - tutored in Germany for a Countess’s son  1906 - tutored Syed Ross Masood  Indian Muslim patriot  Grew fond of him

10. Forster, 1915

11. Forster with Masood, 1911

12. Written work  1905 - Where Angels Fear to Tread  1907 - The Longest Journey  1908 - A Room with a View  1910 - Howard’s End  Clash between business and art  1971 - Maurice  Homosexual theme

13. Personal life  Kept personal life hidden and out of discussion  1930 - involved in a relationship with a London policeman  Also friends with his wife  Maurice published posthumously

14. Travel and work  1912-1913 - traveled to India with Masood  1914-1915 - worked for National Gallery in London  WWI - worked for Red Cross in Egypt  Wrote poetry while there  1921 - returned to India  Worked as private secretary to Maharajah of Dewas

15. India  A Passage to India  Started writing it before WWI  Published 1924  About India under British rule  Published nonfiction work about India

16. E. M. Forster

17. A Passage to India (1984 directed by David Lean )  Plot Summary: novel filmnovelfilm

18. A Passage to India  Published in 1924, the last completed novel that Forster published during his lifetime.  Major Characters in the novel:  1. Dr. Aziz:  2. Cyril Fielding  3. Adela Quested  4. Mrs. Moore  5. Professor Narayan Godbole  6. Ronny Heaslop

19. A Passage to India (1984 directed by David Lean )  Themes:  1. the difficulty of friendship between an Englishman (the colonist) and an Indian (the colonized)  2. the racism and oppression of the British who rule India  3. the “muddle” of Indian civilization and psychology, and the oneness (and perhaps sameness) of all life

20. Death and reputation  Died in 1970  Known for being critical of Victorian middle class attitudes and British colonialism  Explores class differences and sexuality  Used characters to critique issues

21. Sources Sharpe, Jenny. “The Unspeakable Limits of Civility:A Passage to India.” Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.