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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It has been a little unfortunate for me , since the critic is deservedly influential and what he said in this article ... One would think that except for this the critics would never have discovered it ; but since then the adjective has ...
It has been a little unfortunate for me , since the critic is deservedly influential and what he said in this article ... One would think that except for this the critics would never have discovered it ; but since then the adjective has ...
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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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This is that which is written by the critic to compensate himself for humiliations he has suffered in his early youth . Criticism affords him a means of regaining his self - esteem . Because at school , unable to adapt himself to the ...
This is that which is written by the critic to compensate himself for humiliations he has suffered in his early youth . Criticism affords him a means of regaining his self - esteem . Because at school , unable to adapt himself to the ...
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| 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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