E.M. Forster: The perils of humanism by Crews, Frederick C - 1967-01-01

Princeton University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Covers faintly rubbed; extremities bumped and slightly frayed; pastedown endpaper margins depigmented; pages faintly toned; minor bump at bottom margin of a few, and top corner of rear pages bumped; otherwise very good condition (no dust jacket). No markings. . 187p.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ Press. G PB. (1967). 2nd ptg. Owner notes & marks, ft cover browned on edges, owner name ft cover, back cover soiled. Crews details Forster's heredity, . heritage of Victorian liberalism, his Edwardian resistance to modernity, college years at Cambridge, the Bloomsbury circle of intellectual aristocrats into which he was drawn. Crews analyzes each of Forster's 5 novels to reveal his skeptical pessimistic humanism based on belief one can know only imperfectly & through continual reassessment of truth & reality. Eclecticism, individuality, agnosticism, romanticism, comic irony, symbolism & an inverted Calvinism convincing him neither he nor anyone else is bound to be saved. .

Princeton University Press, 1962. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 187 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to back free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.

Princeton, 1962. 187pp. Hardback, no DJ, VG, c.20pp pencil marks in margins, index, Critical look at E.M. Forster's literary works, . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, January 1967. Reprint. Paper Back . Good. Octavo. 2nd printing. Spine is darkened and slanted. Front & rear cover darkened at margins. Previous owner's name in ink half title page. Internal pages without markings. [187 pages]

Princeton, NJ. Fair with no dust jacket; Soft Cover; Princeton University Press; 1967; . 2nd Printing. Cream soft cover wraps, Fair, toning to covers, lite soiling, some underlining, F.O.N., 187 pgs .

Oxford U.P. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Hardcover edition. In protective mylar cover. (Humanism in Literature, Criticism, Interpretation, Edward Forster) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1967. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. green cloth, gilt lettering, 187 pp owner's name stamped to front pastedown Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1962. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 187 pages. Contents include: Forster and Religion: From Clapham to Bloomsbury The Refuge of Liberalism The Longest Journey The Italian Novels The Comic Spirit Howards End A Passage to India Ex-library with minimal treatments, edgewear, slightly worn bottom corners, bumped and worn head and heel of spine and two small white lines on front cover. . First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1967. 187 pp including index, previous owner's name on front end-paper, wrappers browned, else very good copy in limp wrappers.