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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Page 124
Since the interest is not concentrated on two or three persons , but on a group ,
and since the theme is their relations with one another and the environment , the
author must take care to counteract the natural inclination of the audience to ...
Since the interest is not concentrated on two or three persons , but on a group ,
and since the theme is their relations with one another and the environment , the
author must take care to counteract the natural inclination of the audience to ...
Page 127
For the moment I will consider the audience . All the best dramatists have written
with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt
than with good will they have known that they were dependent on it . It is the
public ...
For the moment I will consider the audience . All the best dramatists have written
with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt
than with good will they have known that they were dependent on it . It is the
public ...
Page 130
Now , the fact that the general mentality of an audience is so very much lower
than that of its more intellectual members is a factor that the author must deal with
. I think it definitely reduces prose drama to a minor place . It has been noticed ...
Now , the fact that the general mentality of an audience is so very much lower
than that of its more intellectual members is a factor that the author must deal with
. I think it definitely reduces prose drama to a minor place . It has been noticed ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works 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 |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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