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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 9
Page 137
... follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in him to be a very ...
... follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in him to be a very ...
Page 184
... follow his own bent , and the other is con- fidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he com- pares his work with what he intended it to be is never free from misgiving . There is so ...
... follow his own bent , and the other is con- fidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he com- pares his work with what he intended it to be is never free from misgiving . There is so ...
Page 310
... , he says , is nothing but this , that each should act in conformity with his nature and his business . ? I i ! ! T THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN [ 310 ] THE SUMMING UP To follow it does not look so difficult that human ...
... , he says , is nothing but this , that each should act in conformity with his nature and his business . ? I i ! ! T THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN [ 310 ] THE SUMMING UP To follow it does not look so difficult that human ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept action actors admire æsthetic amusing artist asked audience beauty believe better character comedy common conscious course crasy critic deal delight dialogue discover Dr Johnson drama dramatist effect emotion English evil exciting existence experience eyes fact feeling fiction forced French gave Gerald du Maurier gift give Goethe hard Henry Arthur Jones Human Bondage human nature humour ideas idiosyncrasy imagination important instinct interest invention Jack Straw knew Kuno Fischer Lady Frederick literature live Liza of Lambeth look matter Matthew Arnold meaning mind ness never notion novel novelist one's pattern perfect perhaps philosophers phrase picture play pleasure produced prose reader reason seemed sense sometimes sort soul spirit St Thomas's Hospital Stendhal story success suppose tell theatre things thought tion told truth verse Walter Pater wanted words write written wrote young youth