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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I lived at this time in a group of young men who had by nature gifts that seemed to me much superior to mine . They could write and draw and compose with a facility that aroused my envy . They had an appreciation of art and a critical ...
I lived at this time in a group of young men who had by nature gifts that seemed to me much superior to mine . They could write and draw and compose with a facility that aroused my envy . They had an appreciation of art and a critical ...
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I am not even sure that it depends on any great difference in the artist's natural gifts . For example , I do not think that Cervantes had an exceptional gift for writing ; few people would deny him genius .
I am not even sure that it depends on any great difference in the artist's natural gifts . For example , I do not think that Cervantes had an exceptional gift for writing ; few people would deny him genius .
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... is different from other men's ; the idiosyncrasy that makes him a writer separates him from them and the paradox emerges that though his aim is to describe them truthfully his gift prevents him from knowing them as they really are .
... is different from other men's ; the idiosyncrasy that makes him a writer separates him from them and the paradox emerges that though his aim is to describe them truthfully his gift prevents him from knowing them as they really are .
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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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