E. M. Forster
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E M Forster: A tranquil Hertfordshire Life |
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Written by Amanda Hodges
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Thursday, 26 August 2010 |
'I was brought up as a boy in a district which I still think the loveliest in England…hedges full of clematis, primroses, bluebells, dog roses and nuts.’
These were E M Forster’s nostalgic sentiments in 1946, broadcast on radio when participating in the first campaign to save the countryside around his old childhood home from development.
Today the land north of St Nicholas’ Church, known as Forster Country, again faces imminent threat. It is the last remaining farmland within the boundary of Stevenage borough and its preservation was always important to Forster as he felt deeply connected to the area. He was unhappy with the development of new Stevenage, which he felt would ‘fall out of the blue sky like a meteorite upon the ancient and delicate scenery of Hertfordshire’.
For Forster the countryside was a place of regeneration and renewal and the powerful influence of a place upon people was something frequently explored in fiction, never more evocatively than in Howards End, the book often acclaimed as his masterpiece. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 August 2010 )
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Written by M.M. Ashby
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007 |
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The writer 'Edward Morgan Forster lived at Rooks Nest House from 1883 to 1893, from the ages of 4 to 14. In later life he returned there often, as the guest of composer Elizabeth Poston.  E.M. Forster age 13 |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 26 May 2008 )
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