This volume commemorates 100 years of the publication of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India. It discusses the novel’s contexts, themes, characters and reception – including translations and adaptations – and its abiding status as a modern classic. Some of the foremost scholars of Forster’s life and work from around the world engage with the novel in terms of contemporary concerns, including history, religions, mystery, politics, colonisation, race, gender, identity, ethics and the Anthropocene. Together with scholarly explorations, the volume also offers some creative speculations.
The editor:Harish Trivedi, former Professor of English at the University of Delhi, was visiting professor at the universities of Chicago and London.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: One Hundred Years of A Passage to India Harish Trivedi
Reception: A Passage to India in India and the World 1. At Home with A Passage to India Anjum Hasan 2. On Translating a Passage into Hindi Rupert Snell 3. A Passage to India in France: Translation, Reception and International Friendship Evelyne Hanquart-Turner 4. A Passage to India in the Soviet Bloc: The Case of Polish Translations and Their Reception Krzysztof Fordoński 5. Visualising A Passage to India: Reimagining Forster’s Classic on Stage and Screen Madhu Singh
Characters and Themes 6. Syed Ross Masood, Author of A Passage to India David Lelyveld 7. ‘Something Beyond’ and ‘Unspeakable’: A Passage to India as a Vedantic Novel Ruth Vanita 8. E. M. Forster, Christianity and the End of Empire in A Passage to India David Jasper 9. ‘Esmiss Esmoor’: The Tragic Case of Mrs Moore in Forster’s A Passage to India Vinita Dhondiyal Bhatnagar 10. Adela Adrift in India Anamika Issues and Comparisons 11. Race and Gender in A Passage to India Gaura Narayan 12. A Passage to India: Forster’s Ethics of Engagement Ipshita Chanda 13. A Passage to India and E. M. Forster on Rudyard Kipling Howard J. Booth 14. The Hidden Life at Its Source: Seven Aspects of A Passage to India Rukmini Bhaya Nair 15. The Earth Said No, the Sky Said No: Poetry and Politics in A Passage to India Harish Trivedi
Editor and Contributors Index