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Laddar... A Passage to India - E. M. Forster (SparkNotes)av SparkNotes Editors, Laura Heffernan
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In this Readers' Guide, Betty Jay considers the establishment of Forster's reputation and the various attempts of critics to decipher the complex codes that are a feature of his novel. Successive chapters focus on debates around Forster's liberal-humanism, with essays from F. R. Leavis, Lionel Trilling and Malcolm Bradbury; on the indeterminacy and ambiguity of the text, with extracts from essays by Gillian Beer, Robert Barratt, Wendy Moffat and Jo-Ann Hoeppner Moran; and on the sexual politics of Forster's work, with writings from Elaine Showalter, Frances L. Restuccia and Eve Dawkins Poll. The Guide concludes with essays from Jeffrey Meyers and Jenny Sharpe, who read A Passage to India in terms of its engagement with British imperialism. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I found this novel painfully slow-moving at its start. The whole first section entitled 'Mosque' was a bit of a slog for me. None of the characters, with the exception of Dr. Aziz, really came alive for me. Finally, the story picked up some steam and dramatic tension again with the trip to the caves and its aftermath. I thought this part of the novel was quite poignant and well-written. And even when the narrative veered into the introspective or the elliptical I still was able to follow and appreciate. But the third section, "Temple'" taking place several years later was again a let down. I found all the Hindi festival stuff hard to follow and not at all what I wanted to read about, being much more curious about our protagonists.
Anyway, a decent and fairly accessible read which is an interesting contemporaneous view of British-India and the relationships therein. Some parts well done - Dr. Aziz, 'Esmiss Esmoore,' the Marabar caves. Some parts dragged and seemed besides the point. I will have to look out for the movie sometime; but I am only lukewarm about the prospect as well as about another Forster read. ( )