Music, Philosophy, and Religion : Harmonious Themes in Three Novels by E. M. Forster

This paper examines three novels by E. M. Forster–The Longest Journey, Maurice, and Arctic Summer–and interprets the musical and philosophical motifs that structure the novels. In The Longest Journey, Wagnerian operas (Tristan und Isolde and Das Rheingold) and the philosophy of Schopenhauer present...

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Main Authors: ドライデン いづみ, ドライデン ローランス, Izumi Dryden, Laurence M Dryden
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 金城学院大学 2018
Subjects:
小説『ロンゲスト・ジャーニー』
小説『モーリス』
小説『アークティック・サマー』
哲学，神，信仰
オペラ，交響曲，民謡歌
The Longest Journey
Maurice
Arctic Summer
Philosophy
God
and Faith
Opera
Symphony
and Folksong
Arctic
Plato
Tristan
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Summary:This paper examines three novels by E. M. Forster–The Longest Journey, Maurice, and Arctic Summer–and interprets the musical and philosophical motifs that structure the novels. In The Longest Journey, Wagnerian operas (Tristan und Isolde and Das Rheingold) and the philosophy of Schopenhauer present a somber vision of life. In Maurice, Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique Symphony and the dialogues of Plato imply homosexual themes. In Arctic Summer, English folksongs about the birth of Christ are suggested as a potentially unifying thread in all of Forster’s works.

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