TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 5
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
4. I. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM: AN ENIGMA AND A PLAN 9
5. II. INTRODUCTION TO MAUGHAM'S COMIC ATTITUDE 27
6. III. STRUCTURE AND IDEA AS DETERMINANTS OF MAUGHAM'S DRAMATIC COMEDY 42
7. IV. MAUGHAM'S IMAGE OF SOCIETY AS REFLECTED IN THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT 64
8. V. THE ILLUSION AND REALITY OF A CLASSLESS SOCIETY AND OF A CLASS CONSCIOUS SOCIETY 91
9. VI. THE CONFLICT OF AUSTERITY AND OPULENCE AND A REVISED VIEW OF PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY 112
10. VII. CYNIC AND REPORTER: CONTRADICTION OF THEORY AND PRACTICE 130
11. VIII. THE HUMAN IMAGE IN MAUGHAM'S DRAMATIC COMEDY 149
12. Appendix 159
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 186