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9780791075661

Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791075661

  • ISBN10:

    0791075664

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-12-01
  • Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
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Table of Contents

Introduction 7(2)
Biographical Sketch 9(3)
The Story Behind the Story 12(4)
List of Characters 16(3)
Summary and Analysis 19(51)
Critical Views 70(31)
Peter Bowering on Huxley's Use of Soma
70(2)
Jerome Meckier on Huxley's Ironic Utopia
72(3)
Laurence Brander on the "Mass Community"
75(4)
Peter Firchow on Satirical versus Futuristic Readings
79(3)
Ira Grushow on Brave New World and The Tempest
82(3)
Peter M. Larsen on Huxley's Use of "Synthetic Myths"
85(4)
Robert S. Baker on the Evolution of Huxley's Philosophy
89(3)
Rafeeq O. McGiveron on the Literary and Political Allusions behind Huxley's Choice of Names
92(3)
Guinevera A. Nance on the Limits of the Heroic
95(2)
Malinda Snow on Huxley's Use of Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard"
97(4)
Works by Aldous Huxley 101(3)
Annotated Bibliography 104(4)
Contributors 108(2)
Acknowledgments 110(1)
Index 111

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Huxley's imaginatively futuristic novel, unprecedented at the time of its publication in 1932, warns of the dangers of sacrificing freedom and individuality for scientific progress and social stability.

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