The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence on the rest of the world ...
... able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence on the rest of the world ...
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... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme original and your characterization acute , you will never be able to write a play . A good deal has been written about ...
... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme original and your characterization acute , you will never be able to write a play . A good deal has been written about ...
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... able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an inade- quate technique . Gerald ...
... able to tell an actor that an intonation or a gesture is wrong , you must be able to show him by word and deed what is right . This is more than ever necessary now that the players of minor parts have an inade- quate technique . Gerald ...
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accept action actors admire ęsthetic amusing appearance artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course critic deal delight dialogue discover drama dramatist emotion English evil exciting existence experience feeling fiction forced French gave gift give Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas imagination instinct interest invention King's School knew Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold Maugham means mind ness never notion novel novelist one's Painted Veil pattern perfect perhaps persons philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense short stories SOMERSET MAUGHAM sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth V. S. Pritchett verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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