Maurice (novel)
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"Maurice" is a posthumously published novel by E. M. Forster that explores same-sex love and societal constraints in early 20th-century England.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addressesLegalContext | criminalization of male homosexuality in England ⓘ |
| author | E. M. Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1914 ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Ada Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anne Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Barry NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitty Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1971 ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
ⓘ
bildungsroman ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Maurice (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAfterwordBy | Philip Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForewordBy | P. N. Furbank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHappyEnding | true ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-393-04534-5 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Forster's personal experiences ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alec Scudder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clive Durham NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of English upper-middle-class society
ⓘ
early positive depiction of a homosexual relationship ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 256 pages ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumous ⓘ |
| publisher | Edward Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
A Room with a View
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howards End NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three-part novel ⓘ |
| subjectOf | queer literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
Edwardian morality
ⓘ
homosexuality ⓘ repression ⓘ same-sex love ⓘ self-acceptance ⓘ social class ⓘ societal constraints ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | pre-World War I era ⓘ |
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