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Pericles in Paradise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

E. M. Forster  and
Foteini Dimirouli
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E. M. Forster's immersion in the thriving community of european writers and artists in alexandria increased his confidence as a writer; it also mitigated the social alienation he had experienced on his arrival in Egypt in 1915 to volunteer with the Red Cross. His theatrical sketch “Pericles in Paradise” (1918), published here for the irst time, is populated by characters modeled on the Alexandrian elite that fostered his sense of belonging. In addition, it bears the mark of a privileged position Forster himself was uneasy about: that of an En glishman navigating a city under British rule and removed from the realities faced by the native Egyptian population.

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PMLA , Volume 134 , Issue 2 , March 2019 , pp. 359 - 365
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2019

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