E. M. Forster, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

Peter Childs (Newman University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Newman University), Louise McDonald (Newman University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1934

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Biography (literary)

Resources

Dickinson (1862-1932) was a lecturer at Cambridge from 1896 to 1920 under whom Forster sought to study during his time there. An essayist and intellectual, he was the author of several books which influenced Forster, particularly The Greek View of Life (1896), The Meaning of Good (1901), and War: its Nature, Cause and Cure (1923), an advocacy of pacifism. Dickinson was also editor of the Dent's Classic series, for which Forster was commissioned to edit Virgil's Aeneid. On Dickinson's death in 1932, Forster was appointed his literary executor. On the strength of this, Dickinson's sisters asked Forster to write their brother's biography. Forster considered Dickinson to have been “the best man that ever lived�…

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Citation: Childs, Peter. "Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 January 2001 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4922, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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