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| Korean title | 세계문학전집 서머싯 몸 대표작 세트 - 전6권 |
|---|---|
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Minumsa |
| Sales unit | 단권 |
| Book ID | ISBN: 9788937428180 |
| Condition | Brand New · Korean language |
FROM THE KOREAN PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION
Complete World Literature 11, 12 『In Human Bondage 1,2』
The most widely read book of the 20th century, encompassing bildungsroman and popular novels! The process of a young man burdened with suffering awakening to life and society. Freedom from the bonds that constrain life!
In terms of literary tradition, this novel belongs to the ‘Bildungsroman’ family. A bildungsroman is a novel that depicts the process of a young person's awakening to life and society. What is unique about 『In Human Bondage』 as a bildungsroman is that, as the author himself stated, he always used ordinary people rather than exceptional people as the main characters of the story. He also said that artists should deal with ordinary people. Because extraordinary people are unique, they can only show a special and consistent mind and world, but the world of ordinary people is not only strange and diverse, but also full of contradictions, giving us plenty to talk about. This affection for the world of ordinary people may be what makes the public read his stories. At the age of twenty-four, Maugham tried to deal with the memories of his childhood that tormented him with his half-baked writing skills.
Complete World Literature 38 『The Moon and Sixpence』
A powerful and exciting story that translates the myth of painter Paul Gauguin into a novel. The demonic personality and artistic history of a soul obsessed with art.
<Moon> symbolizes the power of imagination and maniacal passion. <Sixpence> alludes to the world of money and materials, and the inertial desire that binds people to civilization and convention. 『The Moon and Sixpence』 was written using the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin as a model. However, this novel is not only a story about a possessed painter, but also a sharp satire on the secular world. 『The Moon and Sixpence』 is a critical work that introduced a writer named Somerset Maugham to the world. This work, which depicts the crazy artistic journey of a soul obsessed with art, was published in 1919, the year after the end of World War I, and gained great popularity. It was soon translated into many European languages and became a bestseller, and thanks to its popularity, 『In Human Bondage』, which had been published four years earlier and had not received much attention, was also re-evaluated.
『The Moon and Sixpence』 reveals the personality of the main character so strongly that it is evaluated as a work that left the strongest impression on world literary circles in the 20th century. Charles Strickland's eccentric tendency to willingly throw away ordinary recognition and normal humanity for the sake of art is depicted as almost devilish. <I think the most interesting part of art is the artist's personality. In addition to the narrator's comment at the beginning of the work that "If your personality is unique, I would be willing to forgive even a thousand flaws," Strickland's devilish artistic soul and extraordinary genius strongly and boldly permeate the entire work. This powerful character description that overwhelms other subtopics is also the result of the author's personality research developed through dozens of short story studies.
Complete World Literature 137 『The Veil of Life』
Pia from Dante's 『Divine Comedy』, recreated as a modern protagonist by a 20th century master.
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