The Burning Wheel
| Author | : Aldous Huxley |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 62 |
| Release | : 1916 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : |
Wearied of its own turning, Distressed with its own busy restlessness, Yearning to draw the circumferent pain- The rim that is dizzy with speed- To the motionless centre, there to rest, The wheel must strain through agony On agony contracting, returning Into the core of steel. And at last the wheel has rest, is still, Shrunk to an adamant core: Fulfilling its will in fixity. But the yearning atoms, as they grind Closer and closer, more and more Fiercely together, beget A flaming fire upward leaping, Billowing out in a burning, Passionate, fierce desire to find The infinite calm of the mother's breast...
The Defeat of Youth
| Author | : Aldous Huxley |
| Publisher | : The Floating Press |
| Total Pages | : 83 |
| Release | : 2011-02-01 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 1775451542 |
By all accounts, Aldous Huxley was a brilliant and voracious thinker and artist whose creative output knew no literary bounds. This volume gathers some of his best-remembered verse, including the memorable title poem, which is a sequence of 22 thematically interwoven sonnets.
Aldous Huxley
| Author | : Harold Bloom |
| Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1438134371 |
A collection of critical essays on Huxley, his satires, and fiction works with a chronology of events in the author's life.
Island
| Author | : Aldous Huxley |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1443428582 |
While shipwrecked on the island of Pala, Will Farnaby, a disenchanted journalist, discovers a utopian society that has flourished for the past 120 years. Although he at first disregards the possibility of an ideal society, as Farnaby spends time with the people of Pala his ideas about humanity change. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Living with Monsters
| Author | : Indrani Deb |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2022-05-09 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1000578534 |
Aldous Huxley is one of the most well-known modernist intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century, excelling in novels, essays, philosophical tracts, and poems. His novels are special in that they use a unique form – the novel of ideas – with which to satirize human nature and the pride regarding human achievement. Few readers of English literature are not acquainted with books like Point Counter Point, Eyeless in Gaza, and Brave New World (novels dealt with in detail). A proper study of Huxley’s characterization in his novels opens up a veritable treasure-house of history, philosophy, psychology, and incisive satire. "Characterology", as the art of projecting different kinds of characters is called, is an ancient art, which either aimed at representing the entire universe in a single individual, or the same in a variegated form through various individuals. Huxley uses the latter kind in his representation of character, and as such, a study of the characters of his novels opens up a general interpretation of the universe as a whole.
