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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Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to ...
Verse has a specific dramatic value as anyone can see by observing in himself the thrilling effect of a tirade in one of Racine's plays or of any of Shakespeare's great set pieces ; and this is independent of the sense ; it is due to ...
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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 .
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 .
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est reluctance that I have even served on committees formed to effect some aim of passing interest . Thinking that not the whole of life was long enough to learn to write well , I have been unwilling to give to other activities time ...
est reluctance that I have even served on committees formed to effect some aim of passing interest . Thinking that not the whole of life was long enough to learn to write well , I have been unwilling to give to other activities time ...
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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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