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Point Counter Point (British Literature)

by Aldous Huxley

ISBN13: 9781564781314
ISBN10: 1564781313
Condition: Standard
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Aldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer - themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic. First published in 1928, Huxley's satiric view of intellectual life in the '20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities of the time as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Sir Oswald Mosley, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murray, as well as Huxley himself. A major work of the 20th century and a monument of literary modernism, this edition includes an introduction by acclaimed novelist Nicholas Mosley (author of Hopeful Monsters and the son of Sir Oswald Mosley). Along with Brave New World (written a few years later), Point Counter Point is Huxley's most concentrated attack on the scientific attitude and its effect on modern culture.

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ISBN:
9781564781314
Other:
Huxley, Aldous
Publisher:
Dalkey Archive Press
Author:
Huxley, Aldous
Location:
Normal, IL :
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
England
Subject:
British and irish
Subject:
Novelists, English
Subject:
Satire
Subject:
Intellectuals
Subject:
Novelists
Subject:
Novelists, English -- Fiction.
Subject:
England Fiction.
Edition Number:
2nd ed.
Edition Description:
1st Dalkey Archive ed.
Series:
British Literature Series
Series Volume:
105-550
Publication Date:
October 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
432
Dimensions:
8.00x5.51x.97 in. 1.06 lbs.

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