Of Dust and Rubber: Rereading Howards End

Abstract

The article starts by reviewing what has been called ‘the flux of modernity’ that it goes on to examine in terms of connection of different forms of space to explore the multiple geographies of modernity. The article borrows from the field of green studies, thing theory and new materialism to investigate how Howards End thinks through the connections between micro- and macro-levels of materiality. It investigates things as actants and addresses Forster’s ecological concerns which leads to a re-reading of movement in terms of energy in relation to fossil-fuel capitalism.

Keywords

• Howards End
• Forster (E.M.)
• motor car
• modernity
• Anthropocene
• new materialism