Studies in Short Fiction, January 1st, 1996
by Stanley Archer. Twayne's Studies in Short Fiction. New York: Twayne Publishers 1993. xii + 135 pages. $23.95.
At the conclusion of his brief chapter on the stories of W. Somerset Maugham (reprinted in Archer's book), Archie K. Loss says, "If he had written nothing else, his best short stories would guarantee him a place of note in English literary history." It would be nice to think that this is true, for Maugham is an engaging writer, but the bibliography of criticism Archer assembles is not very reassuring. There are quite a few comprehensive studies of Maugham's work, and a number of ...
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