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- Forster and his kind: Christopher Isherwood and the 30’s GroupPublication . Santos, Ângela Prestes Veiga dos; Torres, Mário Jorge; Pereira, António dos SantosHaving as a starting point a Materialist outset, this research work is intended to be an interdisciplinary attempt to study the literary production as well as the life trajectories of E.M. Forster, Christopher Isherwood and other writers of the Thirties’ – the so-called ‘The Thirties’ Generation’ - with the precise goal to find a connecting thread between the older writer, born in 1879, under the rule of Queen Victoria, and these writers who started developing their writing activity in the late 20’s and 30’s. They were too young to participate in the First World War, but old enough to partake in the Second. Our endeavour aims at bringing to light the social, economic and political impact the successive wars (not only the two World Wars but also the Spanish Civil War) as well as the consecutive convulsions that took place in the first half of last century had on the works of these writers, both E. M. Forster and the writers of the Thirties’ Generation. Moreover, it is our aim to expound how they made use of and dealt with the current predicament and the subsequent changes of the political systems in Europe (in so far as it helped) in their artistic production. This study thus deals with the role of the intellectuals, the writers and the artists and to what extent, especially in a period of crisis, their art should be autonomous or, on the reverse, should mingle with politics in the sense of helping in the changing process of life in society. It further seeks to provide an explanation for the development of the various phases of these authors’ writing careers, the shifts in their interests, often dictated by the historical moment they were going through, by exploring the intricate interrelationships between the historical events of their time and their literary evolution. It will also try to trace E. M. Forster’s influence on the work of the younger writers (namely Christopher Isherwood), and the importance of the latter’s militant work on the various privileged grounds of their choice, be they political, of gender or religious.