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 132
It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with
the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlights will also be an
original thinker . He would not be a dramatist if his mind did not work in the ...
It is very unlikely that the dramatist who is lucky enough to have been born with
the faculty of putting things so that they carry across the footlights will also be an
original thinker . He would not be a dramatist if his mind did not work in the ...
Page 139
... though all very well in its way , was not really quite so important as the
dramatists pretended , for after all there were ... getting on with one's job and all
sorts of other things , it was a welcome relief to come upon a dramatist for whom
love was ...
... though all very well in its way , was not really quite so important as the
dramatists pretended , for after all there were ... getting on with one's job and all
sorts of other things , it was a welcome relief to come upon a dramatist for whom
love was ...
Page 141
In that artificial medium life is not presented in a word - for - word translation , but
in a free rendering , and thus the dramatist has ample scope for the effects of
which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with
truth ...
In that artificial medium life is not presented in a word - for - word translation , but
in a free rendering , and thus the dramatist has ample scope for the effects of
which his art is capable . For the drama is make - believe . It does not deal with
truth ...
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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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