Difficult Rhythm

''Briskly written and highly readable.''--Times Literary Supplement ''Astute and well informed. . . . Fillion's extremely fine study is surely one that scholars will draw on with admiration and pleasure.''--Review of English Studies ''A very comprehensive and perceptive assessment of the role of music in E. M. Forster's life and work.''--Music and Letters''A significant reassessment of one of the twentieth century's finest writers. By paying nuanced attention to the comprehensive role of music in Forster's novels and aesthetics, Fillion finds a new keynote to Forster's literary art. To read his novels without this perspective in play is to miss much.''--Scott G. Burnham, author of Beethoven Hero ''Difficult Rhythm is a tasty read, indeed. Fillion impressively and gracefully shows how Forster's engagement and fascination with music in his works articulates his evolving social, political, and ideological concerns.''--Todd Avery, author of Radio Modernism: Literature, Ethics, and the BBC, 1922–1938