A Passage to IndiaIn this Readers' Guide, Betty Jay considers the establishment of Forster's reputation and the various attempts of critics to decipher the complex codes that are a feature of his novel. Successive chapters focus on debates around Forster's liberal-humanism, with essays from F. R. Leavis, Lionel Trilling and Malcolm Bradbury; on the indeterminacy and ambiguity of the text, with extracts from essays by Gillian Beer, Robert Barratt, Wendy Moffat and Jo-Ann Hoeppner Moran; and on the sexual politics of Forster's work, with writings from Elaine Showalter, Frances L. Restuccia and Eve Dawkins Poll. The Guide concludes with essays from Jeffrey Meyers and Jenny Sharpe, who read A Passage to India in terms of its engagement with British imperialism. |
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... critic and a master of incisively observational fiction . Long before Forster first visited India , he had already gained a vivid picture of its people and places from a young Indian Muslim named Syed Ross Masood , whom Forster began ...
... critic and a master of incisively observational fiction . Long before Forster first visited India , he had already gained a vivid picture of its people and places from a young Indian Muslim named Syed Ross Masood , whom Forster began ...
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... critics have contended that Forster portrays Aziz and many of the other Indian characters unflatteringly . Indeed , though the author is certainly sympathetic to the Indians , he does some- times present them as incompetent ...
... critics have contended that Forster portrays Aziz and many of the other Indian characters unflatteringly . Indeed , though the author is certainly sympathetic to the Indians , he does some- times present them as incompetent ...
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... critic Edward Said has pointed out , these authors ' " orientalizing " of the East made Western logic and capa- bility appear self - evident , and , by extension , portrayed the West's domination of the East as reasonable or even ...
... critic Edward Said has pointed out , these authors ' " orientalizing " of the East made Western logic and capa- bility appear self - evident , and , by extension , portrayed the West's domination of the East as reasonable or even ...
Contents
CONTEXT | 1 |
ANALYSIS OF MAJOR CHARACTERS | 9 |
SUMMARY ANALYSIS | 20 |
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