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by: P. N. Furbank
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780156286510
ISBN: 0156286513
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 648
Publication Date: May 02, 1994
Publisher: Harvest Books
Sales Rank: 928821
Studio: Harvest Books
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P. N. Furbank's 1978 two-volume portrait, combined here into one edition, is generally considered the definitive biography of novelist E. M. Forster. 'One of the best biographies of a writer I've ever read.'--Walter Clemons, Newsweek
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Rating: - Simply the Best
Thirty years after its first publication this biography of E. M. Forster still hasn't been surpassed and chances are fairly slim that it ever will be. Furbank was apparently the perfect biographer for E.M.F. - he handles his life with an appropriate balance of inquisitiveness and discretion just as the writer lived his life. This attitude maybe now seem close to timidity which it is not, it is us who have been spoiled by the last quarter of a century.
This book is a perfect addition to any ... Read More
Rating: - Definitive Resource
Without a doubt, Furbank's work is a great resource for any student of Forster. While working on my thesis , his book was always close at hand. Forster readers will appreciate the attention to detail that helps enliven any reading of one of Forster's novels.
Rating: - An authority in its field
The must-have biography that almost every researcher of E.M. Forster uses among her/his basic material. Furbank was appointed by E.M. Forster himself as his biographer. The book contains photographs and it covers a lot of detail. Although the extensive detail sometimes gives an impression of digression it in fact enhances the 'scientific' value of the book, since it provides information about E.M. Forster for research from many angles (ranging from Bloomsbury Group to liberalism &c &c). ... Read More
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