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1、E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelAspectsofthenovelE.M.ForsterChapterOneINTRODUCTORY1E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelThislectureshipisconnectedwiththenameofWilliamGeorgeClark,aFellowofTrinity.Itisthroughhimwemeettoday,andthroughhimweshallapproachoursubject.Clarkwas,Ibelie
2、ve,aYorkshireman.Hewasbornin1821,wasatschoolatSedberghandShrewsbury,enteredTrinityasanundergraduatein1840,becameFellowfouryearslater,andmadethecollegehishomefornearlythirtyyears,onlyleavingitwhenhishealthbroke,shortlybeforehisdeath.HeisbestknownasaShakespearians
3、cholar,buthepublishedtwobooksonothersubjectstowhichwemusthererefer.HewentasayoungmantoSpainandwroteapleasantlivelyaccountofhisholidaycalledGazpacho:gazpachobeingthenameofacertaincoldsoupwhichheateandappearstohaveenjoyedamongthepeasantsofAndalusia;indeedheappears
4、tohaveenjoyedeverything.Eightyearslater,asaresultofaholidayinGreece,hepublishedasecondbook,Peloponnesus.Peloponnesusisagraverworkandaduller.Greecewasaseriousplaceinthosedays,moreseriousthanSpain,besides,ClarkhadbynownotonlytakenOrdersbutbecomePublicOrator,andhew
5、as,aboveall,travellingwithDr.Thompson,thethenMasterofthecollege,whowasnotatallthesortofpersontobeinvolvedinacoldsoup.Thejestsaboutmulesandfleasareconsequentlyfew,andweareincreasinglyconfrontedwiththeremainsofclassicalantiquityandthesitesofbattles.Whatsurvivesint
6、hebook－apartfromitslearning－isitsfeelingforGreekcountryside.ClarkalsotravelledinItalyandPoland.Toturntohisacademiccareer.HeplannedthegreatCambridge2E.M.ForsterAspectsofthenovelShakespeare,firstwithGlover,thenwithAldisWright(bothlibrariansofTrinity),and,helpedbyA
7、ldisWright,heissuedthepopularGlobeShakespeare.HecollectedmuchmaterialforaneditionofAristophanes.Healsopublishedsomesermons,butin1869hegaveupHolyOrders－which,bytheway,willexemptusfromexcessiveorthodoxy.LikehisfriendandbiographerLeslieStephen,likeHenrySidgwickando
8、thersofthatgeneration,hedidnotfinditpossibletoremainintheChurch,andhehasexplainedhisreasonsinapamphletentitledThePresentDangersoftheChurchofEngland.Heresignedhisposto
