The Summing UpThis book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 94
... literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contemporaries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in literature and it is not easy to tell ...
... literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contemporaries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in literature and it is not easy to tell ...
Page 101
... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offers great diffi- culty , but of ancestral ...
... literature with complete intimacy . For they , and the literature which is their expression , are wrought , not only of the actions they perform and the words they use , neither of which offers great diffi- culty , but of ancestral ...
Page 227
... literature in its evolution is pursuing and so be enabled profitably to direct that of his own country- men . He must support himself on tradition , for tra- dition is the expression of the inevitable idiosyncra- sies of a nation's ...
... literature in its evolution is pursuing and so be enabled profitably to direct that of his own country- men . He must support himself on tradition , for tra- dition is the expression of the inevitable idiosyncra- sies of a nation's ...
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