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Aldous Huxley, James Sexton - Selected Letters of Aldous, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

Selected Letters of Aldous

Av Aldous Huxley, James Sexton

Del i serien Ivan R. Dee

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Of the ten thousand letters that Aldous Huxley wrote, only a fraction have been published. Those that were once considered too sensitive for publication can now be included in a wholly new collection. James Sexton's thoughtful selection opens new perspectives on one of the giants of prose. Huxley's letters movingly depict his courageous battle with almost total blindness. Later letters to his patroness demonstrate the brilliance that would soon gain Huxley an international reputation as one of his generation's major satirists. Gradually the letters reveal a shift from cynical satirist to a committed critic of fascism. The letters also provide plentiful insights into the London and New York theater scenes, and vivid discussions of Hollywood's film industry.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2007-10-29
  • Mått: 166 x 241 x 42 mm
  • Vikt: 898 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Ivan R. Dee
  • Antal sidor: 512
  • Förlag: Ivan R Dee, Inc
  • ISBN: 9781566636292
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Aldous Huxley is best known for his novels Brave New World, Antic Hay, and Point Counter Point, and essays. James Sexton teaches English at Camosun College in Victoria, British Columbia.

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Aldous Huxley's letters represent a valuable contribution to literary history-and an entertaining one. They reflect his high seriousness, and the extraordinary range of his cultural interests; at the same time they abound in witty gossip and shrewdly observed social detail. They also reveal many unexpected aspects of his personality and his private life. The Huxley who emerges from these pages is both formidable and very human. He can sometimes be arrogant or wrong-headed, too-but that doesn't make him any less readable.

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