E. M. Forster and the English Ways of Ex(Sup)pressing Emotions

E. M. Forster’s interest in emotions as well as in ways of expressing and suppressing them was an important theme of his essays. “Noteson the English Character”, in which he presents the idea of “the undeveloped heart”, are probably the best known of them. Forster finds “the undeveloped heart” characteristic of the British, especially men of the upper classes, educated in public schools. The issue plays an equally important role in Forster’s fictional works. The ways and means of ex(sup)press...