Aldous Huxley and the Search for Meaning

Aldous Huxley and the Search for Meaning

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780786447466
Untertitel:
A Study of the Eleven Novels
Autor:
Ronald T. Sion
Herausgeber:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Anzahl Seiten:
238
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.07.2010
ISBN:
078644746X

Informationen zum Autor Ronald T. Sion, whose Ph.D. in humanities with a concentration in modern literature is from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, teaches English at Cranston High School East in Cranston, Rhode Island, and has served on the adjunct faculty of the Rhode Island School of Design. Klappentext Aldous Huxley, author of eleven novels, remains one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, his work resistant to passing fads in literature. This critical biography explores Huxley's lifelong quest for self-actualization by intertwining the events of his life and details of the creative period that produced each book. Considering Huxley's letters, essays and interviews in its examination of the thematic content of each novel, the text nds a man striving for the intellectual growth that would yield a sound philosophical and spiritual view of life, one he infused into his work. Zusammenfassung Explores Huxley's life-long quest for self-actualization by interfacing the events of his life with details of the creative period that produced each book. The text weaves Huxley's letters! essays and interviews with the thematic content of each novel! providing a unique look into the man's life and work.

Klappentext
Aldous Huxley, author of eleven novels, remains one of the towering figures of the twentieth century, his work resistant to passing fads in literature. This critical biography explores Huxley's lifelong quest for self-actualization by intertwining the events of his life and details of the creative period that produced each book. Considering Huxley's letters, essays and interviews in its examination of the thematic content of each novel, the text nds a man striving for the intellectual growth that would yield a sound philosophical and spiritual view of life, one he infused into his work.

Zusammenfassung
Explores Huxley's life-long quest for self-actualization by interfacing the events of his life with details of the creative period that produced each book. The text weaves Huxley's letters, essays and interviews with the thematic content of each novel, providing a unique look into the man's life and work.


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