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The Short Story in Essays by Divers Hands (1950) – W. Somerset Maugham
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"The Short Story." Essays by Divers Hands Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. London: Oxford University Press, 1950. 120-134.This is an interesting volume for me not only because of W. Somerset Maugham's lecture, but also because it was edited by Sir Edward Marsh, whom I have talked about in some details in an earlier post. He was a very learnt man and apparently a kind and ge…
Playwrights in Aspic by A. E. Wilson: The Inconstant Wife
Home > Blog >The Inconstant Wife in Playwrights in Aspic - A.E. Wilson & Somerset Maugham
Wilson, A. E. Playwrights in Aspic. London: Home & Van Thal, 1946.
I got hold of this amusing little book and definitely it's worth a review here.A. E. Wilson (†1960) was a dramatic critic of The Star from 1920 to 1954, 6 years after he joined the company. He was editor of J. M. Barrie's definitive edition, and published more books on theatre after WWII. In the introduction, Smith det…