Maurice by David Greven - 9780228018780

MauriceAuthor(s): David Greven\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228018780, 978-0228018780\nSynopsis\nMaurice, James Ivorys 1987 adaptation of the [url] Forster novel, follows an Edwardian mans journey from the awakening of his desire for and love of men to self-acceptance. One of the most politically resistant films of the 1980s, Maurice dared to depict a young mans coming-out story and a happy ending for its lovers, Maurice and Alec.\n\nJames Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, a couple whose cinema is synonymous with period film adaptation, released Maurice during the first AIDS decade, a time of flagrant transatlantic homophobia. Criticism following its release described Ivory as a superficial and staid director, while the film was received as a regression to the uncinematic and overly faithful style that characterized the early adaptations by Merchant Ivory Productions. Offering a close .