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Complete Essays: Volume III: Aldous Huxley, 1930-1935: 1930-1935 Vol III (Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley)
Aldous Huxley
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Hardcover. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Editor(s): Baker, Robert S.; Sexton, James. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 653 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1104.
This third volume of a projected six reinforces Huxley’s stature as one of the most acute and informed observers of the social and ideological trends of the years between the world wars. It contains the important collection of essays "Music at Night" as well as the majority of Huxley’s journalistic writing for the Hearst newspapers in the United States and for a variety of British periodicals such as Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, the Evening Standard, and Time and Tide. Much of the attraction of the Hearst essays lies in their vivid period detail: references to the raucous voices of Nazi ... Read more
This third volume of a projected six reinforces Huxley’s stature as one of the most acute and informed observers of the social and ideological trends of the years between the world wars. It contains the important collection of essays "Music at Night" as well as the majority of Huxley’s journalistic writing for the Hearst newspapers in the United States and for a variety of British periodicals such as Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, the Evening Standard, and Time and Tide. Much of the attraction of the Hearst essays lies in their vivid period detail: references to the raucous voices of Nazi ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Condition
New
Series
Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley
Number of Pages
653
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566633475
SKU
V9781566633475
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About Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. Robert S. Baker is professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of The Dark Historic Page and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. James Sexton teaches English at Camosun College in British Columbia.
Reviews for Complete Essays: Volume III: Aldous Huxley, 1930-1935: 1930-1935 Vol III (Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley)
Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year.
Robert Craft, conductor and writer on music
Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.)
There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document of his times.
... Read more
Robert Craft, conductor and writer on music
Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.)
There is much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document of his times.
... Read more