CRITICISM

Barrett, Elizabeth. “The Advance beyond Daintiness: Voice and Myth in Howards End.” In E. M. Forster: Centenary Revaluations, edited by Judith Scherer Herz and Robert K. Martin, pp. 155-66. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982.

Examines Forster's attempt to create an English mythology in Howards End.

Bradbury, Malcolm. “Howards End.” In Forster: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Malcolm Bradbury, pp. 128-43. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1966.

Comments on Forster's ironic tone in Howards End.

Mezei, Kathy. “Who Is Speaking Here? Free Indirect Discourse, Gender, and Authority in Emma, Howards End, and Mrs. Dalloway.” In Ambiguous Discourse: Feminist Narratology and British Women Writers, edited by Kathy Mezei, pp. 66-92. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996.

Contends that in Emma, Howards End, and Mrs. Dalloway, the narrators and characters struggle against one another to depict the heroines.

Park, Clara Claiborne. “Henry Wilcox, Babbitt, and the State of Britain.” In Rejoining the Common Reader. Essays, 1962-1990, pp. 123-34. Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press, 1991.

Examines Forster's depiction in Howards End of post-nineteenth-century English industrialism and the rise of the business class.

Parkinson, R. N. “The Inheritors; or A Single Ticket for Howards End.” In E. M. Forster: A Human Exploration. Centenary Essays, edited by G. K. Das and John Beer, pp. 55-68. New York: New York University Press, 1979.

Discusses the role of chance and individual affinity in the inheritance of Howards End.

Rivenberg, Paul A. “The Role of the Essayist-Commentator in Howards End.” In E. M. Forster: Centenary Revaluations, edited by Judith Scherer Herz and Robert K. Martin, pp. 167-76. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1982.

Explains that Forster's use of essayistic narration in Howards End mirrors his preference for the essay form throughout his writing career.

Stape, J. H. “Leonard's ‘Fatal Forgotten Umbrella’: Sex and the Manuscript Revisions to Howards End.” Journal of Modern Literature 9, no. 1 (1981-82): 123-32.

Analyzes early manuscript versions of Howards End to contrast their depictions of sexual and physical encounters with those in the published version of the novel, speculating that Forster may have been uncomfortable presenting sexuality to his readers.

Additional coverage of Forster's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vols. 2, 37; British Writers, Vol. 6; British Writers Retrospective Supplement, Vol. 2; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1914-1945; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 13-14, 25-28R; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 45; Contemporary Authors Permanent Series, Vol. 1; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 15, 22, 45, 77; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 34, 98, 162, 178, 195; Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series, Vol. 10; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-Studied Authors and Novelists; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Exploring Novels; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Literature Resource Center; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Nonfiction Classics for Students, Vol. 1; Novels for Students, Vols. 3, 10, 11; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Short Story Criticism, Vol. 27; Something about the Author, Vol. 57; Supernatural Fiction Writers; World Literature Criticism; and World Literature and Its Times, Vol 4.