Abstract
Readers of Forster will find in Cedric Van Dijck’s monograph a thorough
contextualization of his Egyptian writings as part of an argument about the cul-
tural history of the First World War. Forster’s texts of Alexandria are placed
in the environment of the liminal city where they were written, filled with
a mass of images and items, many of them displaced by war, and often strange
multilingual utterances. Equally, they appear in a new light when put alongside
what Apollinaire, Woolf, Mirrlees, and Anand did with the objects of war.
contextualization of his Egyptian writings as part of an argument about the cul-
tural history of the First World War. Forster’s texts of Alexandria are placed
in the environment of the liminal city where they were written, filled with
a mass of images and items, many of them displaced by war, and often strange
multilingual utterances. Equally, they appear in a new light when put alongside
what Apollinaire, Woolf, Mirrlees, and Anand did with the objects of war.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 145-151 |
| Journal | Polish Journal of English Studies |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| MoE publication type | B1 Article in a scientific magazine |
Keywords
- Forster, E.M. (1879-1970)
- Material culture
- First World War
- Woolf, Virginia
