Maurice (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: E. M. Forster
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Romance
- Time of Work: From the turn of the century through 1913
- Setting: Primarily Cambridge, London, and Penge, Clive Durham’s country estate
- Principal Characters: Maurice Hall, Clive Durham, Alec Scudder
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Freedom, Self-discovery, Tradition, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Education or educators, 1910’s, Individuality, London
- Locales: London, England, Cambridge, England
The Novel
Maurice is the story of the education of a young man, a form as old as Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (c. 429 B.C.) and Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones (1749). Its major distinction is in its open treatment of the main character’s growing understanding of his own sexuality. This topic no longer has the impact that it possessed in 1914, when the novel was originally written and when D. H. Lawrence’s use of such themes was first censored.
Maurice Hall, an indifferent intellect, is the center of his mother and sisters’ world; he is sent,...
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E. M. Forster (Cyclopedia of World Authors)E. M. Forster (Short Fiction)E. M. Forster (Dictionary of World Biography)E. M. Forster (Long Fiction)
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