Aldous Huxley: a beginner's guide
O'Hara, Kieron (2012) Aldous Huxley: a beginner's guide, London, GB, Oneworld, 220pp.
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Author of Brave New World and The Doors of Perception, and inventor of the term 'psychedelic', Aldous Huxley was a global trend-setter ahead of his time. Charting his transformation from society satirist to Californian guru-mystic, Aldous Huxley: A Beginner's Guide shows how his ideas evolved and why his writing is still vitally relevant today - from detailing the lures of consumerism to exploring individual responsibility in a globalised world. With biographical notes on Huxley's extraordinary life, a guide to the key works, and astute analysis of his (sometimes contradictory) philosophical themes, this is the definitive introduction to one of the greatest visionaries of modern times.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| ISBNs: | 9781851689231 (paperback) 9781780740805 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | huxley, mysticism, satire, value, pacifism, literature, utopia, dystopia, d.h. lawrence, mescalin, lsd |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science |
| Item ID: | 339704 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 May 2012 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2012 15:30 |
| Contributors: | O'Hara, Kieron (Author) |
| Date: | May 2012 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | Oneworld |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/339704 |
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