Comments on: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com mildew, humidity and words Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: hmks http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-224 hmks Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:05:43 +0000 http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-224 This is one of my favorite books (my other is "The Age of Innocence" by Wharton). I agree with your assessment of English characters seeming emotionally inaccessible, but that's is one of those English stereotypes that is true. The English aren't the world's best emotionally connected group of people, but they have managed to produce some of the world's greatest writers and poets. Perhaps there is something to be said for that - perhaps people who suppress their emotions have to in turn get them out on the page. Hmmm... someone should write a paper on that... :-) This is one of my favorite books (my other is “The Age of Innocence” by Wharton). I agree with your assessment of English characters seeming emotionally inaccessible, but that’s is one of those English stereotypes that is true. The English aren’t the world’s best emotionally connected group of people, but they have managed to produce some of the world’s greatest writers and poets. Perhaps there is something to be said for that – perhaps people who suppress their emotions have to in turn get them out on the page. Hmmm… someone should write a paper on that… :-)

]]> By: 1900’s : Decades ‘08 http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-209 1900’s : Decades ‘08 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:04:04 +0000 http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-209 [...] of the Baskervilles (Raidergirl3) The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, Jules Verne (Melissa) A Room With a View, E.M. Forster (Kristel) Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser (Melissa) The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (1908) [...] [...] of the Baskervilles (Raidergirl3) The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, Jules Verne (Melissa) A Room With a View, E.M. Forster (Kristel) Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser (Melissa) The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame (1908) [...]

]]> By: Thomas Otto http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-6 Thomas Otto Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:03:21 +0000 http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-6 I am glad you loved this book. I get a good feeling just thinking about E.M. Forster's books. Most, if not all of them, seem to be about breaking free of society's expectations. And this may be sacreligious to say this, but if you haven't seen the Merchant Ivory film version from the mid-1980s you really must. I think it is one of the few instances where book and movie are equal masterpieces. I am glad you loved this book. I get a good feeling just thinking about E.M. Forster’s books. Most, if not all of them, seem to be about breaking free of society’s expectations.

And this may be sacreligious to say this, but if you haven’t seen the Merchant Ivory film version from the mid-1980s you really must. I think it is one of the few instances where book and movie are equal masterpieces.

]]> By: Reading Through the Decades (Challenge List) « Tropical Marginalia http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-2 Reading Through the Decades (Challenge List) « Tropical Marginalia Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:59:45 +0000 http://tropicalmarginalia.wordpress.com/a-room-with-a-view-by-em-forster/#comment-2 [...] 1900’s - A Room With a View, E.M. Forster [...] [...] 1900’s – A Room With a View, E.M. Forster [...]

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