Comments on: No More Cakes and Ale: Maugham v. The Literati http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Over on the Culture Pages... · Articles http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-5594 Over on the Culture Pages... · Articles Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:49:36 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-5594 [...] And those are just in the last week or so. Dig deeper, and you’ll find posts on Frost Nixon, Somerset Maugham, Philip K. Dick, Alan Bennett, Keira Knightley, Penelope Cruz and the Kings of Leon. There are about 33 or so bloggers at newcritics, and some of us will be gathering later this week. I’m very much looking forward to it. Lots of ideas about "the conversation" are cooking. So get clicking and jump into the fray. [...] [...] And those are just in the last week or so. Dig deeper, and you’ll find posts on Frost Nixon, Somerset Maugham, Philip K. Dick, Alan Bennett, Keira Knightley, Penelope Cruz and the Kings of Leon. There are about 33 or so bloggers at newcritics, and some of us will be gathering later this week. I’m very much looking forward to it. Lots of ideas about "the conversation" are cooking. So get clicking and jump into the fray. [...]

]]> By: Self Styled Siren http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-4854 Self Styled Siren Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:11:58 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-4854 I just read Cakes and Ale myself last year, and your post brought it back, in all the novel's glittering bitchiness. For a writer, it is simultaneously tonic and terrifying. I just read Cakes and Ale myself last year, and your post brought it back, in all the novel’s glittering bitchiness. For a writer, it is simultaneously tonic and terrifying.

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-4716 Tom Watson Thu, 31 May 2007 01:46:51 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/05/29/no-more-cakes-and-ale-maugham-v-the-literati/#comment-4716 Maud, I loved this post - possibly because I just read that passage a month or so ago. "No one who for years had observed his indefatigable industry could deny that at all events he deserved to be a genius." Oh the ignominy of plodding production. Maugham is a favorite, and at least partly, it's for the unflinching (and impersonal) cruelty of his observation. Maud, I loved this post - possibly because I just read that passage a month or so ago. “No one who for years had observed his indefatigable industry could deny that at all events he deserved to be a genius.” Oh the ignominy of plodding production.

Maugham is a favorite, and at least partly, it’s for the unflinching (and impersonal) cruelty of his observation.

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