Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. Forster

Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E.M. ForsterA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Finalist for the PEN Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography ALA Stonewall Honor Book Finalist for James Tait Black Memorial Prize E. M. Forster's homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde's imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life a history of gay experience he believed would

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography

ALA Stonewall Honor Book

Finalist for James Tait Black Memorial Prize

E. M. Forster's homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde's imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life---a history of gay experience he believed would find its audience in a happier time. Seeing Forster's life through the lens of his sexuality, Wendy Moffat's biography offers us a dramatic new view---revealing his astuteness as a social critic, his political bravery, and his prophetic vision of gay intimacy. A Great Unrecorded History casts fresh light on one of the most beloved writers of the twentieth century.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 04/26/2011
ISBN: 9780312572891
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.20d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 06/12/2011 pg. 32