The Impact of the East and India on the Genius of William Somerset Maugham

Authors

  • Dr. Mamta Sharma Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Hindustan College of Science & Technology, Farah, Mathura

Keywords:

Variety, Contradictions, Hindu Philosophy, Religious Traditions, Immortal Soul

Abstract

East had charmed and influenced Maugham so much that he returned again and again to the East for the themes of his novels .The Midas touch of Indian philosophy laid its golden hands on Somerset Maugham and influenced him so much that he felt his search for the meaning of life culminates in India. He constantly turned to the East and India to study the “unique man with all his oddities”. He wanted to see ‘the life in the raw’. In India he found answers to all his questions about the existence of the human beings, transmigration of soul etc.

References

Klaus W. Jonas. The World of Somerset Maugham, (Peter Owen Ltd-Londan-1959)

Maugham, W.S. The Summing Up, Mandarin paper back Londan-1990

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/the_stay.html

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/bodhidharma/mentor.html

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/maugham.htm

http://davidgodman.org/rteach/smaugham.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

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Published

01-10-2012

How to Cite

Mamta Sharma. (2012). The Impact of the East and India on the Genius of William Somerset Maugham. Journal of Teaching and Research in English Literature, 4(2), 15–19. Retrieved from https://journals.eltai.in/index.php/jtrel/article/view/JTREL040204

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012): October

Section

Research Articles