| Title |
Essays |
| Reference |
EMF/4 |
| Covering Dates |
1898–1953 |
| Extent and Medium |
210 sheets/folios and 1 notebook; paper |
|
| Content and context |
This series is composed of essays written by E.M. Forster on subjects as varied as the Greek poet Cavafy, Indian rulers, and the arts. Of particular note are the large number of essays on Italian subjects written in the period 1901-5. |
| Further information |
The Archives also holds copies of the Basileon student magazine, to which Forster contributed. |
| King's/PP/EMF/4 contains: |
|
1
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'The Amateur among the Mountains'. Autograph manuscript of 'The Amateur among the Mountains'. Probably written at, or after a visit to, Cortina d'Ampezzo. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff46-52 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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2
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Passing over bridges in a railway train. Autograph manuscript fragment, [called in previous catalogue, 'Bridges and railway trains']. Probably part of an essay or talk about the pleasures of passing over bridges in a railway train. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/2/A.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
1930 |
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3
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'The Bugiale' and 'The Facetiae of Poggio'. This file inscludes two essays. The first is a typescript of 'The Bugiale', with autograph manuscript amendments. The second is an essay on Poggio Bracciolini, originally headed 'The Facetiae of Poggio'. To request these documents, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff44-51 of modern guard book; paper. |
1905 |
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4
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'Cnidus'. Autograph manuscript of 'Cnidus'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff53-7 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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5
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'Cornaro' manuscript. Autograph manuscript of 'Cornaro', an essay on Luigi Cornaro (b. 1465), and on the subject of old age. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/20.
ff108-17 of modern guard book; paper. |
1911 |
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6
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Version of 'Dans la rue Lepsius'. Typescript by Charles Mauron of a version of 'Dans la rue Lepsius', E.M. Forster's essay on Cavafy from 'Pharos & Pharillon'. Includes Charles Mauron's revisions and his note to E.M. Forster explaining an alteration he had made. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff89-91 of modern guard book; paper. |
1929 |
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7
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'A Definition of Tolerance'. Typescript of 'A Definition of Tolerance'. Includes manuscript annotations to indicate new paragraphs, not by E.M. Forster. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff109-12 of modern guard book; paper. |
22 Feb. 1953 |
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8
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'From the Audience'. Typescript of 'From the Audience', with autograph manuscript revisions. E.M. Forster's contribution to National Gallery Concerts (1939-44). Also includes the printed version, torn from a copy of the 1945 edition, given by Dr. Howard Ferguson in 1970. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/8/C.
8 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Mar. 1944 |
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9
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'Luigi Cornaro'. Typescript of 'Luigi Cornaro', with autograph manuscript amendments. A revised version of E.M. Forster's essay, 'Cornaro'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff52-63 of modern guard book; paper. |
1905 |
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10
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Native Rulers of India. Autograph manuscript draft, beginning 'The Native Rulers of India are having a very pleasant time.' Probably a first draft of what became 'The Mind of the Indian Native State'. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 6/11.
ff66-8r of notebook; paper. |
Mar. 1921 |
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11
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'Mr. and Mrs. Abbey's Difficulties'. Autograph manuscript draft of 'Mr. and Mrs. Abbey's Difficulties'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 6/11.
ff84v-86 of notebook; paper. |
Spring 1922 |
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12
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'Museo Kirchneriano'.
9ff in notebook; paper. |
1902 |
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13
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'The novelists of the 18th century and their influence on those of the 19th'. Autograph manuscript of a King's College Prize Essay, 'The novelists of the 18th century and their influence on those of the 19th'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/20.
ff1-28 of modern guard book; paper. |
Oct. 1899 |
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14
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'Pagus Quidam'. Autograph manuscript of 'Pagus Quidam'. Unpublished, possibly intended for the 'Independent Review'. F.1 has E.M. Forster's Harnham address written in the hand of Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/20.
ff29-38 of modern guard book; paper. |
1905 |
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15
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'The Pantheon'. Autograph manuscript of 'The Pantheon'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff1-6 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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16
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'The Relation of Dryden to Milton and Pope'. Typescript of 'The Relation of Dryden to Milton and Pope', with autograph manuscript annotations and conclusion. E.M. Forster's entry, under the name 'Peer-Gynt', for the Cambridge Union Society Members' Prize for the year 1898-9. Submission date for entries was 10 Nov. 1898. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff1-43 of modern guard book; paper. |
June 1898-Nov. 1898 |
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17
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'Rome'. Autograph manuscript draft of 'Rome', lightly lined through in pencil. 1901-2. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff7-8 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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18
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'The Seat of the Scornful'. Autograph manuscript of 'The Seat of the Scornful', about Taormina in Sicily. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff41-5 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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19
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'Swimming in the Sea'. Autograph manuscript of 'Swimming in the Sea'. Apparently unpublished. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/19/C.
6 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1920–1929 |
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20
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'Syracuse'. Autograph manuscript of 'Syracuse'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff34-40 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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21
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Broadcast to India. Autograph manuscript draft, probably for broadcast in honour of Rabindranath Tagore's centenary. Broadcast on All India Radio on 7 May 1961. The second sheet is written on the back of an unidentified author's typescript. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/21/C.
2 sheets in envelope; paper. |
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22
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'The Treasures of Cambridge'. Photocopy of autograph manuscript draft of 'The Treasures of Cambridge', an article published as 'Art Treasures of Cambridge' in 'Listener' on 26 Mar. 1959. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/22/C.
6 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Feb. 1959 |
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23
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'Via Nomentana'. Autograph manuscript of 'Via Nomentana', on the themes of ancient and modern Rome. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
ff9-17 of notebook; paper. |
1901–1902 |
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24
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Different sorts of people. Autograph manuscript draft beginning, 'Well, I believe in having different sorts of people [...]'. Possibly an early draft of the essay later published as 'What I Believe'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/24/A.
1 notebook; paper. |
1930–1939 |
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25
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Writing with the left hand. Autograph manuscript notes on the liberating effects of writing with the left hand, written with E.M. Forster's left hand. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 1/4.
f65v-r of notebook; paper. |
Feb. 1902 |
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26
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'The Novels of Virginia Woolf'. Photocopy of typescript draft of 'The Novels of Virginia Woolf' to be published in the 'Yale Review', with autograph manuscript annotations. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 4/26/C.
13 sheets in envelope; paper. |
9 Jan. 1926 |
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