Maurice | Literary Precedents
Given the legal problems surrounding the publication of Maurice, uncovering "literary precedents" for the novel proves difficult. Even though D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928; see separate entry) did not appear in print until 1928 (in Florence, Italy)—fourteen years after Forster had completed his first manuscript draft of Maurice—critical commentators have been quick to label Maurice as a male version of Lawrence's effort. However, if that is the case, then Forster, himself, becomes the precedent. Perhaps the specter of nontraditional but...
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