aSpanish Variations of Theme (ePub)

In the Spanish Variations of Theme of Maugham which was praised by Graham Green as the best work, in order to explore the unique spirit truth of the nation Spain which make him ecstatic, Maugham led us come to come back to her golden age and examine her religious faith and most representative art culture category such as picaresque novel, drama, drawing one by one, reviewing the life story and the journey of giants who shaped the national spirit such as Loyola, De Vega, Cervantes, Greco and the holy mother Teresa, describing the Spain's real image in golden age, revealing why Quixote, Sancho and Don Juan these three immortal images can most represent the Spaniard's spirit, and thus the conclusion:"e;in Spain, people are poetry, painting and building. People are philosophy in this country. These Spanish in golden age are alive, feel and act but they don't think. What they pursue and find is life, the disorderly, enthusiastic and multiple life. The passion is the seed of their lives and their blossom flowers......Their excellence......is in different directions: that is a kind of excellence of character. In this point, I think nobody can surpass them, only the ancient Roman people can compete with them. This energetic nation seems put all its energy and originality into one target, one only target: creation of the people. They are not good at art, they are good at a field greater than art-people."e;