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1、Title:ASenseofDeitiesReconciled:ARoomwithaViewPublicationDetails:TwaynesAuthorsSeries.TwayneEnglishAuthors,Twayne,1999.Source:NovelsforStudents.Ed.ElizabcthThomason.Vol.11-Detroit:Gale,2001.FromLiteratureResourceCenter.DocumentType:CriticalessayFullText:COPYRIGHT2001Gal
2、eGroup,COPYRIGHT2007Gale,CengageLearningForsterbeganARoomwithaView(1908)beforeWhereAngelsFeartoTread(1905)andfinisheditafterTheLongestJourney(1907).Sinceitisthemosthalcyonanddirectofhisnovelsandsinceitwastheworkwithwhichhestarted,weshallbeginwithit.Thoughitishisleastcom
3、plexbook,itishismostJaneAusten-likeandperhapshismostdelightful.Asintheeeir1ier-publishedAngels,Italyactsasthechiefsourceofvitality,andthetwonovelsreflecttheintenseimpactthattheSouthmadeuponhiminhisearlytwenties.InRoom,afterthecharactersreturntoEnglandinPartII,Italyretre
4、atstothebackgroundbutstillactsasaformativeinfluence.ThepicturccormcctswiththeItalianspringtime,thepaganatmosphcrcofthenovel,andthebirthofloveinLucy,ssoul.Justasthebloodofthemurderedmandefilesthepictures,soLucywould,throughherownblindnessandobstinacy,dovioleneetoherinsti
5、nets.Inanycase,ItalyisthemainforcewhichinPartIofRoomcontributestoLucyIIoncychurch,sliberation.TheconventionalRoverendBeebereluctantlyacknowledgestheintuitivewisdomofItaliansthoughitchieflyannoyshim:"Theypryeverywhere,theyseeeverything,andtheyknowwhatwewantbeforeweknowit
6、ourselves."SoZ/Phaethon,"thedriverofthecarriagetakingtheEnglishtothehillsaboveFlorenee,readsLucy"sheartanddircctshertoGeorgeEmcrsonreitherthantotheReverendsBeebeandEagerwhensheasksinfalteringItalian,zwherethegoodmenare.BothItalyandtheEnglishcountrywideencourageafreeando
7、penexistenceascomparedtocramped,stereotyped,middle-classBritishlife.Theprimaryimpress!onproducedbythenovel,theprevaleneeofwindandairandsunlight,establishcs,asinGeorgeMeredith,theprimaryroleofnatureasredemptivepower.TheEnglishandItaliansettings,renderedwithcompleteimmedi
8、ac)^revealForstei?ssensitivitytoplace.Housesandbuildingstakeonlifeinhisfiction:thechurchofSantaCroceandthePens