Queer posthumous writing: a comparative study of E.M.Forster’s 'Maurice' and Umberto Saba’s 'Ernesto'

My thesis is a comparative study of Edward Morgan Forster’s Maurice (written in 1913-14 and published in 1971) and Umberto Saba’s Ernesto (written in 1953, left unfinished and published in 1975). This work aims to propose a reading of queerness in relation to their posthumous publication. Most specifically, I call queer posthumous writing a sub-genre that reflects a specific authorial choice to keep separate the queer text from the rest of the oeuvre. I look at the hybrid space occupied by Saba and Forster – between mainstream literary acclamation and exclusion through queerness – to understan... Mehr ...