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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Nor would it be easy in English literature to find a poet with a happier gift than
Herrick and yet no one would claim that he had more than a delightful talent . It
seems to me that what makes genius is the combination of natural gifts for
creation ...
Nor would it be easy in English literature to find a poet with a happier gift than
Herrick and yet no one would claim that he had more than a delightful talent . It
seems to me that what makes genius is the combination of natural gifts for
creation ...
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... him for wanting to know . They claim that in life stories are not finished ... For
the novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an
arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just as the painter [ 220 ] THE ...
... him for wanting to know . They claim that in life stories are not finished ... For
the novelist claims to be an artist and the artist does not copy life , he makes an
arrangement out of it to suit his own purposes . Just as the painter [ 220 ] THE ...
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Ixi That is a claim that the author has always made and to this he has added
another claim : he has asserted that he was not as other men and in
consequence not amenable to their rules . Other men have received it with
obloquy , derision and ...
Ixi That is a claim that the author has always made and to this he has added
another claim : he has asserted that he was not as other men and in
consequence not amenable to their rules . Other men have received it with
obloquy , derision and ...
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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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