1. Rudyard Kipling: Codes of Heroism 2. E. M. Forster: A Passage to India 3. Joseph Conrad: The Meaning of Civilization 4. Joyce Cary: Authority and Freedom 5. Graham Green: The Decline of the Colonial Novel
Biography
Since 1992 Jeffrey Meyers has been a professional writer in Berkeley, California. He is one of ten Americans who are Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature, and in 2005 received an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters 'to honor exceptional achievement.' Professor Meyers has published 54 books and 1,080 articles on art, film, and modern American, English and European literature. His wide range of interests include bibliography, editing, literary criticism and biography.
‘His chapters on Forster and Conrad are original and accomplished.’ M. M. Mahood, Research in African Literatures
‘His work is a major contribution to our knowledge of British fiction and the colonial experience.’ Bruce E. Teets, Central Washington State College, USA.
‘…the critique of Forster by Meyers…. (is) among the most valuable we have.’ Frederick P. W. McDowell, English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 .
