ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the depiction of nonhuman matter such as dust in Forster's fiction. As a formless entity, dust is the perfect epitome of freedom, liminality, and refusal to be categorised. Dust is used in Forster's writing as a reference to both human and nonhuman matter and is a clear evidence of how Forster's writings challenge the traditional gap placed between subject and object. This chapter contests abstract readings of Forster's liberal humanism by placing emphasis on how nonhuman entities challenge human expectations and by paying particular attention to the foreign settings in Italy and India.
