W. Somerset Maugham

by Curtis, Anthony; Whitehead, John

• ISBN13: 9780710096401
• ISBN10: 0710096402
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge Kegan & Paul

Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Note on the Selection and Its Arrangement	p. 19
Liza of Lambeth	p. 21
Unsigned Review, Academy	p. 23
The Making of a Saint	p. 26
Unsigned Review, Academy	p. 27
Orientations	p. 29
Unsigned Review, Academy	p. 30
Mrs Craddock	p. 32
The Merry-Go-Round	p. 37
Unsigned Review, Athenaeum	p. 38
The Land of the Blessed Virgin	p. 39
[virginia Woolf], Unsigned Review, 'Journeys in Spain', Times Literary Supplement	p. 41
The Bishop's Apron	p. 42
The Magician	p. 44
Unsigned Review, 'A Feast of Horrors', New York Times	p. 57
A Man of Honour	p. 59
Max Beerbohm, 'An Uncommercial Play', Saturday Review (london)	p. 63
Lady Frederick	p. 68
Jack Straw	p. 73
Max Beerbohm, Review, Saturday Review (london)	p. 76
Mrs Dot	p. 79
Review, Sunday Times	p. 80
The Explorer	p. 83
'how Dare He?' Saturday Review (london)	p. 86
Penelope	p. 90
Smith	p. 97
Unsigned Review, Athenaeum	p. 101
The Tenth Man	p. 103
Grace (landed Gentry)	p. 105
Loaves and Fishes	p. 108
Review, Punch	p. 111
The Land of Promise	p. 113
'Pygmalion (at Home and Abroad)', English Review	p. 118
Of Human Bondage	p. 123
Review, New Statesman	p. 126
Unsigned Review, Athenaeum	p. 129
'After Ten Years of Of Human Bondage', New York Times	p. 135
The Moon and Sixpence	p. 139
'in Vishnu-Land What Avatar?' Dial	p. 144
The Trembling of a Leaf	p. 148
Unsigned Review, Saturday Review (london)	p. 151
On a Chinese Screen	p. 155
The Painted Veil	p. 160
Unsigned Review, Times Literary Supplement	p. 167
The Casuarina Tree	p. 168
Review, Nation and Athenaeum	p. 170
'In the Shadow of the Casuarina Tree', New York Evening Post	p. 171
Ashenden	p. 175
'Four Contemporary Books', Vogue	p. 176
Unsigned Review, 'Mr Maugham's Latest', New York Times	p. 178
The Gentleman in the Parlour	p. 180
'Rare Traveler', New York Herald Tribune	p. 182
'Travelling with Composure', Saturday Review of Literature (new York)	p. 183
Cakes and Ale	p. 185
'The Books You Read', Graphic	p. 187
Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular	p. 192
The Narrow Corner	p. 198
'A Cynical, Gifted Story Teller', New York Herald Tribune	p. 201
Ah King	p. 203
Caroline (the Unattainable)	p. 207
Our Betters	p. 210
Review, New Statesman	p. 213
Caesar's Wife	p. 219
Review, Weekly Review (new York)	p. 221
Home and Beauty (too Many Husbands)	p. 222
The Unknown	p. 227
Review, Nation (london)	p. 230
The Circle	p. 233
Review, London Mercury	p. 236
East of Suez	p. 238
Review, New Statesman	p. 242
The Constant Wife	p. 245
The Letter	p. 250
'Here Are Tigers', Saturday Review (london)	p. 252
The Sacred Flame	p. 255
'Three Leading Ladies', Illustrated London News	p. 257
The Breadwinner	p. 259
'A Letter from England', Saturday Review of Literature (new York)	p. 264
For Services Rendered	p. 268
'Two Gifted Pessimists', Illustrated London News	p. 270
Sheppey	p. 273
'Somerset Maugham's New Play', Illustrated London News	p. 277
'Re-Reading Mr Maugham', New Statesman and Nation	p. 283
'Maugham's Short Stories', Spectator	p. 287
Don Fernando	p. 290
Cosmopolitans	p. 301
Theatre	p. 305
'A Straight Novel', New Statesman and Nation	p. 307
The Summing Up	p. 311
'Maugham's Pattern', Spectator	p. 316
'A Self-Taught Trade', Saturday Review of Literature (new York)	p. 318
Christmas Holiday	p. 328
'Five-Day Adventure', Saturday Review of Literature (new York)	p. 331
Books and You	p. 333
The Mixture as Before	p. 336
'Midsummer Nights' Fare', New York Herald Tribune	p. 341
Up at the Villa	p. 343
The Hour Before the Dawn	p. 348
the Art of Somerset Maugham', Saturday Review of Literature (new York)	p. 349
The Razor's Edge	p. 352
Review, Nation (new York)	p. 355
Review, Spectator	p. 356
the Art of Being Good', New Statesman and Nation	p. 358
Then and Now	p. 362
'Somerset Maugham and an Antidote', New Yorker	p. 364
Creatures of Circumstance	p. 370
'Mr Maugham, Still Urbane', New York Times	p. 371
Catalina	p. 374
Review, New York Times	p. 375
A Writer's Notebook	p. 385
Review, New Statesman and Nation	p. 389
The Vagrant Mood	p. 404
the Maugham Seesaw', New York Times	p. 408
Points of View	p. 411
'Mr Maugham's Valedictory', New York Herald Tribune	p. 413
General Studies	p. 415
on the Modern Short Story	p. 421
Unsigned Leading Article, 'Maugham at 80', New York Times	p. 434
on the Eastern Stories	p. 444
'Summing Up Somerset Maugham at 90', New York Times	p. 446
Select Bibliography	p. 455
Index	p. 457
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