{"product_id":"9781429940245","title":"A Great Unrecorded History: A New Life of E. M. Forster","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA REVELATORY LOOK AT THE INTIMATE LIFE OF THE GREAT AUTHOR—AND HOW IT SHAPED HIS MOST BE LOVED WORKS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWith the posthumous publication of his long-suppressed novel \u003ci\u003eMaurice \u003c\/i\u003ein 1970, E. M. Forster came out as a homosexual— though that revelation made barely a ripple in his literary reputation. As Wendy Moffat persuasively argues in \u003ci\u003eA Great Unrecorded History\u003c\/i\u003e, Forster's homosexuality was the central fact of his life. Between Wilde's imprisonment and the Stonewall riots, Forster led a long, strange, and imaginative life as a gay man. He preserved a vast archive of his private life—a history of gay experience he believed would find its audience in a \u003ci\u003ehappier \u003c\/i\u003etime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Great Unrecorded History \u003c\/i\u003eis a biography of the heart. Moffat's decade of detective work—including first-time interviews with Forster's friends—has resulted in the first book to integrate Forster's public and private lives. Seeing his life through the lens of his sexuality offers us a radically new view—revealing his astuteness as a social critic, his political bravery, and his prophetic vision of gay intimacy. \u003ci\u003eA Great Unrecorded History \u003c\/i\u003einvites us to see Forster— and modern gay history—from a completely new angle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153848418544,"sku":"9781429940245","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429940245_p0.jpg?v=1769902018","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429940245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}