Howards End Authoritative Text, Textual Appendix, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism
Howards End by Edward Morgan Forster, published by W.W. Norton in 1998, is a comprehensive edition that includes the authoritative text, a textual appendix, and a collection of backgrounds and contexts. This edition spans 473 pages and is presented in English. It offers readers insight into Forster’s creative process through a selection of his previously unpublished journals, letters, and working notes, providing a deeper understanding of the novel’s development.
In addition to the author’s reflections, this edition features a curated selection of critical writings about Howards End from notable critics such as Edward Garnett, Virginia Woolf, and D. H. Lawrence. Readers will find six interpretations that explore various perspectives on the novel, as well as a debate regarding the cinematic adaptation of the story through reviews of the Merchant-Ivory film. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those interested in literary criticism and the historical context surrounding this classic work.
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“Backgrounds and Sources” presents a rich selection of Forster’s previously unpublished journals and letters and his working notes, which bring readers into the long and painstaking creative process that culminated in Howards End.
“Criticism” presents a superb selection of critical writing about the novel.
The critics include Edward Garnett, A. C. Benson, Katherine Mansfield, Frieda Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf, and six interpretations by Wilfred Stone, Barbara Rosecrance, Perry Meisel, Kenneth Graham, Elizabeth Langland, and Fredric Jameson.
A debate on the successes and shortcomings of cinematic adaptation is presented through “Reviews of the Merchant-Ivory Film.”
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