em forster – David Hurley In Japan

Lecture: Aspects of E. M. Forster & His Novels

November 7, 2010 David Hurley 0

Good afternoon everybody. I am very pleased to have been invited by Sekai O Miru Kai to talk to you about the twentieth century British novelist E. M. Forster. I want to emphasize straightaway that I am not at all an “E. M. Forster expert” but just somebody who enjoys reading his novels and essays, which I first came across when I was 16 or 17 and studying “A level” English Literature at a college in Tonbridge, the same town in Kent where E. M. Forster was sent to a small boarding school consisting of just 30 boys. But, sensitive and homesick, Forster didn’t really fit in and had a miserable time being bullied and humiliated by the other boys.

The Liberation Of Jerusalem Has Been Temporarily Postponed

October 13, 2010 David Hurley 0

The malice of the forces of darkness and the arrival of four books and the latest LRB have caused The Liberation of Jerusalem to be temporarily postponed… Firstly, Doubt’s Boundless Sea, Skepticism & Faith in the Renaissance, by Don Cameron Allen, arrived early last week. I ordered this book because [Read more…]

The Enigmas Of "Not Telling" And Of The "Double Vision" In A Passage To India

September 23, 2010 David Hurley 0

So far my preparations for November’s lecture on E. M. Forster have consisted of reading the novels again, even the ones I read earlier this year. I finished A Room With A View last week, and polished off A Passage to India this week. I was introduced to E. M. [Read more…]

Friday 10th September 2010

September 11, 2010 David Hurley 0

I discovered today that the contact form that I’m using on http://succeed-in-english as a way for students to answer comprehension questions also has a built in autoresponder. That means there is no need to set up autoresponders on my hosting account. I can do everything within the WordPress control panel. [Read more…]

Aspects of E. M. Forster

September 6, 2010 David Hurley 0

Title: Aspects of E. M. Forster Location: Aster Plaza, Hiroshima Date: 18th November 2010 Time: 13:30- 15:00 Hosted by: “Sekai O Miru Kai” Description: I will be giving a talk on E. M. Forster and his novels to the Hiroshima based international culture study group, “Sekai O Miru Kai”. I [Read more…]