Point counter point
(Book)
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Published
Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1996.
Format
Book
Edition
First Dalkey Archive edition.
Status
Roy & Helen Hall Memorial Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
Normal, IL : Dalkey Archive Press, 1996.
Edition
First Dalkey Archive edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 432 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Huxley, A. (1996). Point counter point (First Dalkey Archive edition.). Dalkey Archive Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. 1996. Point Counter Point. Dalkey Archive Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Point Counter Point Dalkey Archive Press, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point First Dalkey Archive edition., Dalkey Archive Press, 1996.
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