| Evidence: | 'The Disappointment of God.
'The Times, in an article with this title, announced that though God is certainly disappointed by the state of the world we must not go so far as to suppose that he is surprised. -- Very funny effect, especially in its paginal context. Deducing Gods personality must be a fascinating game. But the world has disappointed [italics]me[end italics] so much that I scarcely smiled.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 20 Sep 1941 and 31 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | 'The Disappointment of God' |
| Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism |
| Form of Text: | Print: Newspaper |
| Publication details: | In The Times |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21124 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 126-127 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 126-127, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21124, accessed: 05 June 2023 | |
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