Forster, an Edwardian, lived through two cataclysmic wars, watched England's transformation from elegant playground of the fortunate few to the mass factory of everybody.
--Zadie Smith, E.M. Forster, Middle Manager, The New York Review of Books, August 14, 2008, review of
The BBC Talks of E.M. Forster, 1929–1960, edited by Mary Lago, Linda K. Hughes, and Elizabeth MacLeod Walls
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Reading RatCriticism (articles, essays, reviews):
Love, actually: EM Forster's novels have been criticised for their chaotic structure but, argues Zadie Smith, his deliberate rejection of a controlled style reflects the messy complexities of the human heart, Guardian, November 1, 2003
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