Earl G. Ingersoll is Emeritus Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York, College at Brockport.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction The Last Epic: David Lean’s A Passage to IndiaA Surprising Success: Merchant Ivory’s A Room with a View Breaking Ground: Merchant Ivory’s MauriceAnother Tuscany: Charles Sturridge’s Where Angels Fear to Tread Handling an Icon: Merchant Ivory’s Howards EndSelected Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

This volume offers nuanced discussion of the five film adaptations to date of E. M. Forster's work, all released between 1984 and 1992. By way of introduction, Ingersoll (emer., English, SUNY, Brockport) surveys recent developments in adaptation studies against a decades-long backdrop of critical insistence on "fidelity" to the source novel. Drawing on contemporary scholars like Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, and Simone Murray, he then situates his close analyses of Forster adaptations in context of both the film industry and wider culture. At his best, the author is masterful, interweaving a detailed critique of the Merchant-Ivory adaptation of A Room with a View (1985) and debates over the status of "heritage film" and "costume film" (the latter a more nebulous label). …Ingersoll's observations are astute and engaging throughout. This is a must read for those interested in Forster and/or film adaptation. Summing Up: Recommended.

Earl G. Ingersoll is Emeritus Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York, College at Brockport.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction The Last Epic: David Lean’s A Passage to IndiaA Surprising Success: Merchant Ivory’s A Room with a View Breaking Ground: Merchant Ivory’s MauriceAnother Tuscany: Charles Sturridge’s Where Angels Fear to Tread Handling an Icon: Merchant Ivory’s Howards EndSelected Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

This volume offers nuanced discussion of the five film adaptations to date of E. M. Forster's work, all released between 1984 and 1992. By way of introduction, Ingersoll (emer., English, SUNY, Brockport) surveys recent developments in adaptation studies against a decades-long backdrop of critical insistence on "fidelity" to the source novel. Drawing on contemporary scholars like Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, and Simone Murray, he then situates his close analyses of Forster adaptations in context of both the film industry and wider culture. At his best, the author is masterful, interweaving a detailed critique of the Merchant-Ivory adaptation of A Room with a View (1985) and debates over the status of "heritage film" and "costume film" (the latter a more nebulous label). …Ingersoll's observations are astute and engaging throughout. This is a must read for those interested in Forster and/or film adaptation. Summing Up: Recommended.

Earl G. Ingersoll is Emeritus Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Professor of English at the State University of New York, College at Brockport.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction The Last Epic: David Lean’s A Passage to IndiaA Surprising Success: Merchant Ivory’s A Room with a View Breaking Ground: Merchant Ivory’s MauriceAnother Tuscany: Charles Sturridge’s Where Angels Fear to Tread Handling an Icon: Merchant Ivory’s Howards EndSelected Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

This volume offers nuanced discussion of the five film adaptations to date of E. M. Forster's work, all released between 1984 and 1992. By way of introduction, Ingersoll (emer., English, SUNY, Brockport) surveys recent developments in adaptation studies against a decades-long backdrop of critical insistence on "fidelity" to the source novel. Drawing on contemporary scholars like Deborah Cartmell, Imelda Whelehan, and Simone Murray, he then situates his close analyses of Forster adaptations in context of both the film industry and wider culture. At his best, the author is masterful, interweaving a detailed critique of the Merchant-Ivory adaptation of A Room with a View (1985) and debates over the status of "heritage film" and "costume film" (the latter a more nebulous label). …Ingersoll's observations are astute and engaging throughout. This is a must read for those interested in Forster and/or film adaptation. Summing Up: Recommended.