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1、E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelAspectsofthenovelE.M.ForsterChapterOneINTRODUCTORY1E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelThislectureshipisconnectedwiththenameofWilliamGeorgeClark,aFellowofTrinity.Itisthroughhimwemeettoday,andthroughhimweshallapproachoursubject.Clarkwas,Ibelieve,aYorkshirem
2、an.Hewasbornin1821,wasatschoolatSedberghandShrewsbury,enteredTrinityasanundergraduatein1840,becameFellowfouryearslater,andmadethecollegehishomefornearlythirtyyears,onlyleavingitwhenhishealthbroke,shortlybeforehisdeath.HeisbestknownasaShakespearianscholar,buthepublishedtwobook
3、sonothersubjectstowhichwemusthererefer.HewentasayoungmantoSpainandwroteapleasantlivelyaccountofhisholidaycalledGazpacho:gazpachobeingthenameofacertaincoldsoupwhichheateandappearstohaveenjoyedamongthepeasantsofAndalusia;indeedheappearstohaveenjoyedeverything.Eightyearslater,as
4、aresultofaholidayinGreece,hepublishedasecondbook,Peloponnesus.Peloponnesusisagraverworkandaduller.Greecewasaseriousplaceinthosedays,moreseriousthanSpain,besides,ClarkhadbynownotonlytakenOrdersbutbecomePublicOrator,andhewas,aboveall,travellingwithDr.Thompson,thethenMasterofthe
5、college,whowasnotatallthesortofpersontobeinvolvedinacoldsoup.Thejestsaboutmulesandfleasareconsequentlyfew,andweareincreasinglyconfrontedwiththeremainsofclassicalantiquityandthesitesofbattles.Whatsurvivesinthebook-apartfromitslearning-isitsfeelingforGreekcountryside.Clarkalsot
6、ravelledinItalyandPoland.Toturntohisacademiccareer.HeplannedthegreatCambridge2E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelShakespeare,firstwithGlover,thenwithAldisWright(bothlibrariansofTrinity),and,helpedbyAldisWright,heissuedthepopularGlobeShakespeare.HecollectedmuchmaterialforaneditionofA
7、ristophanes.Healsopublishedsomesermons,butin1869hegaveupHolyOrders-which,bytheway,willexemptusfromexcessiveorthodoxy.LikehisfriendandbiographerLeslieStephen,likeHenrySidgwickandothersofthatgeneration,hedidnotfinditpossibletoremainintheChurch,andhehasexplainedhisreasonsinapamp
8、hletentitledThePresentDangersoftheChurchofEngland.Heresignedhisposto