Aspects of the Novel | Essays and Criticism

  • Use of Figurative Language

    Brent has a Ph.D. in American culture, specializing in film studies, from the University of Michigan. She is a freelance writer and teaches courses in the history of American cinema. In the following essay, Brent discusses Forster’s use of figurative language in Aspects of the Novel.

  • But We Argued about Novel-Writing: Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster and the Art of Fiction

    In the following essay, Henley examines the debate over novel writing in general, and Aspects of the Novel in particular, between E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf

  • The Importance of E. M. Forster’s Aspects of the Novel

    In the following essay, Schwarz analyzes Aspects of the Novel within the context of Forster’s own novel writing and that of his peers.

  • Life and Times

    In the following essay excerpt, Colmer gives an overview of Aspects of the Novel, saying it is still popular because it ‘‘is alive on every page’’ and ‘‘communicates the author’s own enthusiasms.’’