E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster (January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist.

Key themes

Forster's views as a secular humanist are at the heart of his work, which often features characters attempting to understand each other ('only connect...', in the words of Forster's famous epigraph to Howards End) across social barriers. His humanist views are expressed in the non-fictional essay What I believe. Sexuality is another key theme in Forster's works and it has been argued that Forster's writing can be characterized as progressing from heterosexual love to homosexual love.

Related Topics:
Secular humanist - Howards End - What I believe - Heterosexual - Homosexual

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