E.M.Foster Perils of Humanism [Paperback]

Each of E. M. Forster's five novels-The Longest journey, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Room with a View. Howards End, andA Passage to India-is here analyzed within the framework of Forsters cultural heritage nineteenth-century liberalism and humanism. In tracing Forsters family and educational background, his religious and political heritage, and his relation to the Bloomsbury Group, Mr. Crews reveals the growing melancholy in Forsters acceptance of the perils of humanism.

Originally published in 1962.

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