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W. Somerset Maugham and Posterity Now
W. Somerset Maugham in Open Syllabus ExplorerOne of my all time questions, "Are W. Somerset Maugham's works still used at universities?", has been partially answered by the new Open Syllabus Explorer. I am certain that Maugham's works are still read, and read with a great deal of pleasure by many, but when it comes to competing in the haphazard game of posterity, nothing's like academic institutions' approval to give one some authoritative elbowing and posterior-pushin…
W. Somerset Maugham's 142nd Birthday
Today is W. Somerset Maugham's 142nd birthday. As is the custom of the past two years, I have prepared a video to celebrate this occasion. Thanks very much for those who took the time to let me know that they liked them, which is very appreciated. This year it is something special (well, as were the other times...): we are going to listen to Maugham reading his own story, "The Happy Couple." The story can be read in MMCCL.I have to say that there is nothing like listening to Maugh…My Maugham Collection Concordance Library is moving...
We are currently experiencing some technical difficulties...Ahem...I know, I moan when I see this, but now since it is happening to me I become quite tolerant.The short of it is that I find Google Sites terribly restrictive about design possibilities and I have moved My Maugham Collection Concordance Library (MMCCL), when it has barely settled, to blogger.The trick is that the native search function in blogger is not as good as in Google Sites... Anyway, as Maugham would say, all these technica…
W. Somerset Maugham – Proposed for The Nobel Prize in 1965
W. Somerset MaughamPhoto: Burt Glinn
I came across a piece of very interesting news today. In 1965, the year of his demise, W. Somerset Maugham was proposed to be a receiver of The Nobel Prize!I have to confess that I have asked myself the question many times, why didn't Maugham receive The Nobel Prize? A question that I assume many people ask about authors that they happen to like.And so, here it is, Maugham did make it to the list, after all. The Guardian reports today the opening up of th…
My Maugham Collection Concordance Library (MMCCL)
Happy New Year!As mentioned in a previous post, a project that I have been working on, My Maugham Collection Concordance Library (MMCCL), is going to come live today, as W. Somerset Maugham's works come under the public domain in countries with copyright law that is extended to fifty years after the creator's death.
MMCCL is still in its initial state. I have a significant amount of texts ready to be uploaded, but this is a long process and please be patient. For now, the three p…