{"product_id":"aspects-of-the-novel-1","title":"Aspects of the Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eE.M. Forster's \u003ci\u003eAspects of the Novel \u003c\/i\u003eis an innovative and effusive treatise on a literary form that, at the time of publication, had only recently begun to enjoy serious academic consideration. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Oliver Stallybrass, and features a new preface by Frank Kermode.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst given as a series of lectures at Cambridge University, \u003ci\u003eAspects of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is Forster's analysis of this great literary form. Here he rejects the 'pseudoscholarship' of historical criticism - 'that great demon of chronology' - that considers writers in terms of the period in which they wrote and instead asks us to imagine the great novelists working together in a single room. He discusses aspects of people, plot, fantasy and rhythm, making illuminating comparisons between novelists such as Proust and James, Dickens and Thackeray, Eliot and Dostoyevsky - the features shared by their books and the ways in which they differ. Written in a wonderfully engaging and conversational manner, this penetrating work of criticism is full of Forster's habitual irreverence, wit and wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his new introduction, Frank Kermode discusses the ways in which Forster's perspective as a novelist inspired his lectures. This edition also includes the original introduction by Oliver Stallybrass, a chronology, further reading and appendices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eE. M. Forster (1879-1970) was a noted English author and critic and a member of the Bloomsbury group. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eWhere Angels Fear To Tread\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1905. \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Journey\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1907, followed by\u003ci\u003e A Room With A View\u003c\/i\u003e (1908), based partly on the material from extended holidays in Italy with his mother. \u003ci\u003eHowards End\u003c\/i\u003e (1910) was a story that centered on an English country house and dealt with the clash between two families, one interested in art and literature, the other only in business. \u003ci\u003eMaurice\u003c\/i\u003e was revised several times during his life, and finally published posthumously in 1971.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eAspects of the Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Forster's \u003ci\u003eA Room with a View\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227900072280,"sku":"9780141441696","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141441696.jpg?v=1777113022","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/aspects-of-the-novel-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}