" Christopher wasn't satisfied with either ending": connecting Christopher Isherwood's The World in the Evening to EM Forster's Maurice
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In other words, if we accept Fredric Jameson's assertion that we perpetually read through
the lens of prior texts and experiences, we must attempt to read The World in the Evening as
a text apart from Isherwood's oeuvre: as a unique narrative exploring the possibility of
forming spaces within society amenable to gay men. Readers' and critics' attempts to
contextualize die novel through dieir experiences of Isherwood's previous works prove
fruidess: for the vast majority of die reading audience (at its publication and today), The …
the lens of prior texts and experiences, we must attempt to read The World in the Evening as
a text apart from Isherwood's oeuvre: as a unique narrative exploring the possibility of
forming spaces within society amenable to gay men. Readers' and critics' attempts to
contextualize die novel through dieir experiences of Isherwood's previous works prove
fruidess: for the vast majority of die reading audience (at its publication and today), The …
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In other words, if we accept Fredric Jameson's assertion that we perpetually read through the lens of prior texts and experiences, we must attempt to read The World in the Evening as a text apart from Isherwood's oeuvre: as a unique narrative exploring the possibility of forming spaces within society amenable to gay men. Readers' and critics' attempts to contextualize die novel through dieir experiences of Isherwood's previous works prove fruidess: for the vast majority of die reading audience (at its publication and today), The World in the Evening offers a first glimpse into a community where a gay couple lives with relative openness and success.
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