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Bezig met laden... A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forsterdoor Wendy Moffat
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Hooggeprezen, en ik vond het inderdaad wel een goed boek, vooral over homosexualiteit als essentie van MF's en over de Amerikaanse connectie. Maar toen ik daarna mijn oude biografie van Furbank er nog eens bijhaalde, stond daar eigenlijk alles in, met handiger voetnoten en uitvoeriger. Bovendien staan er toch wel veel (Amerikaanse?) zinnen in waar ik eigenlijk gewoon niet snap wat de auteuse nu eigenlijk wil zeggen. Enige dat uiteindelijk extra lijkt te zijn is misschien USA en inzage in de (homo-)dagboeken ( )
Forster’s biographers have always had to make sense of their subject’s decision to withhold “Maurice,” his novel about homosexual lovers, for posthumous publication. (It appeared in 1971.) But none of those biographers have had either the will or the wherewithal to concentrate as closely on Forster’s sexuality as Wendy Moffat, an impressive first-time biographer who teaches at Dickinson College. In “A Great Unrecorded History,” she offers an insightful, revelatory portrait of a man who deeply resented having to hide such an important side of himself but who deemed “Maurice” to be “unpublishable until my death and England’s.” PrijzenErelijsten
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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