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Apr 25, 2015 · The opening of the book introduces readers to a series of lively scenes set in China, immersing them in the richness of the surroundings. Maugham paints a picture of the city gate leading into a bustling marketplace filled with merchants, children, and animals, resulting in a vivid tableau of life.
Dec 4, 2015 · Maugham was already a successful novelist and playwright when he made his first four-month journey to China via Hong Kong with his private secretary and lover, Gerald Haxton, in 1919.
May 3, 2017 · W. Somerset Maugham went to China in September 1919, a trip that lasted for six months. Though he had already travelled widely at the age of 45, it was the first time he set foot on a completely alien culture, the Far East that had fascinated him since boyhood.
W. Somerset Maugham, China, landscape, imperialism, post-colonialism, Orientalism On the one hand, Edward Said’s groundbreaking Orientalism bestowed upon us an intellectual legacy which enabled us to recognise the Western tradition as a
Maugham’s ‘On a Chinese Screen’, first published in 1922, contains 58 vignettes on 152 pages from the perspective of an Englishman (presumably Maugham) traveling through China. The majority of these vignettes describe the circumstances of foreigners living in China in the 1910’s.
Jun 15, 2013 · W. Somerset Maugham and the Politicisation of the Chinese Landscape. In her investigation into the changing literary response to and examination of imperialism during the 1920s and the phenomenon of the rise of the colonial anti-hero, Barbara Bush cites Graham Greene, George Orwell and W. Somerset Maugham as three of the most influential ...
Sep 13, 2013 · During his 1919–20 trip to China, English writer Somerset Maugham paid a special visit to Gu Hongming, an Edinburgh-educated Chinese philosopher and so-called ‘Confucian Sage’. By exploring the enigmatic interactions between Maugham and Gu in the context of colonial travel, this article illustrates the important role of psychological ...
