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Complete Essays

Aldous Huxley, 1936-1938, Volume IV

Aldous Huxley - Edited by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton

In this fourth volume of a projected six, Huxley registers his deep misgivings about the course of history in the late 1930s as the world moved toward a second global war. Many of his essays reflect his continuing interest in the conventions of popular culture as well as the philosophy of science and history, particularly as they inform developments in art and politics. But his larger concerns oscillate between empirical science and the particulars of social history, on the one hand, and his need for a grounding of absolute truth that would transcend both. His critique of politics and the prevailing ideologies of fascism and capitalism overlaps with his attempt to locate a foundational truth in a world of change and diversity. He embraced a form of political pacifism that intersected with an increasing attraction to religious quietism and mysticism. And he made a sustained effort to reconcile mystical experience with contemporary theories of physics and the philosophy of science. At their best, Huxley's essays stand among the finest examples of the genre in modern literature. "A remarkable publishing event...beautifully produced and authoritatively edited."—Jeffrey Hart.
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Ivan R. Dee
Pages: 416 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-1-56663-394-9 • Hardback • November 2001 • $35.00 • (£30.00)
Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley
Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays, Literary Criticism / General
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. Robert S. Baker is professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of The Dark Historic Page and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. James Sexton teaches English at Camosun College in British Columbia.
Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year.
— Robert Kraft, conductor and writer on music; Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.)


An important and admirable publishing event.
— Atlantic Monthly


The editors have done their job with commendable thoroughness.
— P.N. Furbank; Times Literary Supplement


Huxley's political writing is often deliberately perverse.
— Leo Carey; The New Yorker


Much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document and a window on to the stage in the evolution of his mind.
— Economist


He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references.
— Christopher Hitchens; Los Angeles Times


As war approaches, Huxley ponders political ideologies, science, and mystical experience

Complete Essays

Aldous Huxley, 1936-1938, Volume IV

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • In this fourth volume of a projected six, Huxley registers his deep misgivings about the course of history in the late 1930s as the world moved toward a second global war. Many of his essays reflect his continuing interest in the conventions of popular culture as well as the philosophy of science and history, particularly as they inform developments in art and politics. But his larger concerns oscillate between empirical science and the particulars of social history, on the one hand, and his need for a grounding of absolute truth that would transcend both. His critique of politics and the prevailing ideologies of fascism and capitalism overlaps with his attempt to locate a foundational truth in a world of change and diversity. He embraced a form of political pacifism that intersected with an increasing attraction to religious quietism and mysticism. And he made a sustained effort to reconcile mystical experience with contemporary theories of physics and the philosophy of science. At their best, Huxley's essays stand among the finest examples of the genre in modern literature. "A remarkable publishing event...beautifully produced and authoritatively edited."—Jeffrey Hart.
Details
Details
  • Ivan R. Dee
    Pages: 416 • Trim: 6½ x 9½
    978-1-56663-394-9 • Hardback • November 2001 • $35.00 • (£30.00)
    Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley
    Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays, Literary Criticism / General
Author
Author
  • Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was one of the most important novelists of the twentieth century. Robert S. Baker is professor of literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of The Dark Historic Page and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. James Sexton teaches English at Camosun College in British Columbia.
Reviews
Reviews
  • Perusing Volume One, I was struck by the sensitivity and the unerring perception in these unknown reviews, ultimately my most enjoyable reading of the year.
    — Robert Kraft, conductor and writer on music; Times Literary Supplement, (Books Of The Year, Dec.)


    An important and admirable publishing event.
    — Atlantic Monthly


    The editors have done their job with commendable thoroughness.
    — P.N. Furbank; Times Literary Supplement


    Huxley's political writing is often deliberately perverse.
    — Leo Carey; The New Yorker


    Much to enjoy in these volumes...they are important as a document and a window on to the stage in the evolution of his mind.
    — Economist


    He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references.
    — Christopher Hitchens; Los Angeles Times


Features
Features
  • As war approaches, Huxley ponders political ideologies, science, and mystical experience

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