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It has been a little unfortunate for me , since the critic is deservedly in- fluential and what he said in this article has been ... One would think that except for this the critics would never have discovered it ; but since then the ...
It has been a little unfortunate for me , since the critic is deservedly in- fluential and what he said in this article has been ... One would think that except for this the critics would never have discovered it ; but since then the ...
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The critics clamour for them . Now , the critics are of necessity the worst judges of plays . For consider , the play appeals to the ... But the critic is there not to feel but to judge . He must hold aloof from the contagion that has ...
The critics clamour for them . Now , the critics are of necessity the worst judges of plays . For consider , the play appeals to the ... But the critic is there not to feel but to judge . He must hold aloof from the contagion that has ...
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Criticism to my mind is a personal matter , but there is nothing against that if the critic has a great per- sonality . It is dangerous for him to look upon his activity as creative . His business is to guide , to ap- praise , and to ...
Criticism to my mind is a personal matter , but there is nothing against that if the critic has a great per- sonality . It is dangerous for him to look upon his activity as creative . His business is to guide , to ap- praise , and to ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | W. Heinemann, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434456101, 9780434456109 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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