A great unrecorded history
Subtitle: a new life of E.M. Forster
By: Wendy Moffat.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780374166786
Subjects: Forster, E. M. -- 1879-1970; Forster, E. M. -- 1879-1970 -- Relations with men; Forster, E. M. -- 1879-1970 -- Friends and associates; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography; Gay authors -- Great Britain -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: With the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel Maurice in 1970, E.M. Forster came out as a homosexual--though that revelation made barely a ripple in his literary reputation. As Wendy Moffat persuasively argues, Forster's homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde's imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life--a history of gay experience he believed would find its audience in a happier time. Moffat's decade of detective work--including first-time interviews with Forster's friends--has resulted in the first book to integrate Forster's public and private lives. Seeing his life through the lens of his sexuality offers us a radically new view, revealing his astuteness as a social critic, his political bravery, and his prophetic vision of gay intimacy. This book invites us to see Forster--and modern gay history--from a completely new angle.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Start with the fact that he was homosexual; title: Becoming a "grown up man". A queer moment; title: Kings and apostles; title: A minority, not a solitary; title: The spark, the darkness on the walk; title: Ordinary affectionate men; title: Parting with respectability; title: A great unrecorded history; title: Happiness can come in one's natural growth. Do not forget your ever friend; title: Toms and Dicks; title: A little like being married; title: The last Englishman; title: My dear America; title: I favor reciprocal dishonesty; title: The worm that never dies.