By restricting circulation of his work and cultivating an intimate yet prominent group of friends who championed it, the “poet of Alexandria” helped ensure his stature would only grow after his death.

For decades, Forster could not publish his novel of gay love, “Maurice.” Its importance in his work and to the writers he nurtured is only just becoming clear.

His new novel, "The Sparsholt Affair," affirms the novelist as a master chronicler of England past and present.

Why Rabindranath Tagore still matters.

Review of R.W. Chapman's edition of "The Novels of Jane Austen, in Five Volumes."