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Beware the British Serpent
During World War II, the United States was the target of what Gore Vidal has called "the largest, most intricate and finally most successful conspiracy directed at it in the twentieth century"--Great Britain's "vast conspiracy to manoeuvre an essentially isolationist country into the war." In Beware the British Serpent Robert Calder examines British writers' involvement in this propaganda campaign, including lecturing and touring in the United States, broadcasting on American radio, writing screenplays for films such as Mrs. Miniver and This Above All, and writing articles and books for publication in America.
Somerset Maugham and the Cinema
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century--and his works have been among the most cinematically transformed in history. For more than five decades, adaptations of his plays, stories, and novels dominated movie theaters and, later, television screens. More than ninety individual works were filmed, and for many filmgoers his name was a greater draw than that of the director. Works such as Of Human Bondage, "The Letter," The Painted Veil, "Rain," The Razor's Edge, and others were produced multiple times, with starring roles sought by actors like Bette Davis, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Charles Laughton, ...
Willie
The author of a critique of Maugham's works now, with the aid of new research and interviews defines the life of Maugham.
A Hero for the Americas
The biography of Spaniard Gonzalo Guerrero, who became one of the great leaders of the Mayan race.
W. Somerset Maugham and the Quest for Freedom
Emphasizes the importance of the search for intellectual and physical freedom in Maugham's own life and as a basic motif in his writing.
The Dogs
A STARTLING SUSPENSE TALE. A COLLEGE PROFESSOR ADOPTS A STRAY PUP, UNAWARE THAT HE HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM A CANINE RESEARCH CENTRE. THE DOG SOON TURNS SAVAGE, FIRST ATTACKING THE MAN'S SON, THEN TERRORIZING THE ENTIRE COUNTRYSIDE WITH A PREDATORY PACK UNTIL THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZES FOR A HUNT. STRONG LANGUAGE. VIOLENCE. EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS OF SEX.
Mrs Craddock
“There is something bracing about the sincerity of [Maugham's] style . . . a style that serves his general purpose of stripping life to the bone with a thin, sharp knife that lays open to view the normal flesh and the healthy flow of blood as well as the cancerous sore beneath.” —Leslie A. Marchand, The New York Times Edward Craddock is a thoroughly good man. He may lack his wife Bertha’s education, but he is unfailingly good-humored, handsome, placid, and popular. It is hardly surprising that Bertha adores him. But expending all one’s passion, all one’s spirit, on a man who is so undemonstrative, so unimaginative, can be very trying, as Bertha soon discovers. In this penetrating...
The Short Story and the First World War
Covering a range of topics, settings and styles, the book offers the first comprehensive study of short fiction from the First World War.
