Project Gutenberg 2024-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 172 Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan) 1879 1970 Forster, Edward Morgan 26022696 Anonymity : $b an enquiry $aLondon :$bHogarth Press, $c1925. The Hogarth essays. XII Laura Natal Rodrigues (Images generously made available by The Internet Archive). "Anonymity: An Enquiry" by E. M. Forster is an essay published in the early 20th century that explores the concept of authorship and the significance of knowing an author's identity in relation to the experience of literature. This work is part of "The Hogarth Essays," a collection featuring various literary critiques and reflections from different authors. Forster's essay delves into the implications of anonymity and signed works, suggesting that the nature of literature often leads to a condition where the work itself transcends its creator, and the appreciation of art is less about the individual and more about the collective experience it offers. In "Anonymity: An Enquiry," Forster embarks on a thoughtful examination of how the knowledge of an author's identity influences our engagement with their work, contrasting songs and poems that exist anonymously, such as "The Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens," with signed works like Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." He argues that creative literature often wants to exist without the author's signature to allow readers to fully immerse themselves in the emotional and atmospheric realms created by the text. Forster contends that the essence of literature lies in transcending the personal identity of the author, inviting readers to lose themselves in the artistry instead of being preoccupied with the authorship. Throughout the essay, he discusses the roles of information and atmosphere in writing, ultimately emphasizing that true literary appreciation arises when readers engage with the work's creative spirit rather than the external identity of its creator. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/anonymityenquiry00fors 20241125021725forster 1925 GB Reading ease score: 71.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Authorship PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 59488 2025-07-29T13:51:24.684780 text/html 35362 2024-11-30T10:16:13 text/html 188391 2025-07-29T13:51:27.429731 application/epub+zip 187085 2025-07-29T13:51:25.484806 application/epub+zip 121997 2025-07-29T13:51:25.076769 application/epub+zip 155589 2025-07-29T13:51:28.868751 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145814 2025-07-29T13:51:27.131758 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48267 2025-07-29T13:51:24.535772 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28515 2024-11-30T10:16:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15889 2025-07-29T13:51:29.006724 application/rdf+xml 6712 2025-07-29T13:51:25.259756 image/jpeg 1824 2025-07-29T13:51:25.168764 image/jpeg 181209 2025-07-29T13:51:24.693790 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia