Word: kapstein
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...Forster's "Where Angels Fear to Tread" owes its significance to "an ironical, unforgiving attitude towards its characters," said Professor Israel Kapstein of Brown as he opened the series on the noted English novelist before the Kirkland House Forum last night. The purpose of the series is to lay the ground for a proposed talk by Forster himself when he visits the U. S. this Spring...
...discussing the novel, Kapstein considered it on its merits as a work of art, not as Forster's first book. Forster he pointed out, does not treat his characters in the traditional realism of Dreiser where the hero is trapped by his environment but shows the effect of successful battle against inhibiting surroundings...
First in the series will be a discussion Wednesday at 7:30 o'clock in Kirkland House Common Room of "Where Angels Fear to Tread." This meeting will be led by Professor Israel J. Kapstein of Brown...
Following the Kapstein lecture will come five more forums, starting on Thursday, March 20, and concluding on April 24. These discussions will consider several Forster works, including his most famous, "A Passage to India." Other lectures will be on "A Room With a View," "The Longest Journey," and "Howard's End." The series will be filled out by a talk on "Forster as a Critic" on April 24 by Professor Robert Davis of Smith...
Wednesday's forum will feature Professor Israel Kapstein of Brown leading a discussion on "Where Angles Fear to Tread...