Brave New World- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces. - Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work. - The Story Behind the Story details the conditions under which the work was written. - Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and analysis, and an annotated bibliography |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
Biographical Sketch | 9 |
The Story Behind the Story | 12 |
List of Characters | 16 |
Summary and Analysis | 19 |
Critical Views | 70 |
JEROME MECKIER ON HUXLEYS IRONIC UTOPIA | 72 |
LAURENCE BRANDER ON THE MASS COMMUNITY | 75 |
ROBERT S BAKER ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUXLEYS PHILOSOPHY | 89 |
RAFEEQ O MCGIVERON ON THE LITERARY AND POLITICAL ALLUSIONS BEHIND HUXLEYS CHOICE OF NAMES | 92 |
GUINEVERA A NANCE ON THE LIMITS OF THE HEROIC | 95 |
MALINDA SNOW ON HUXLEYS USE OF THOMAS GRAYS ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD | 97 |
Works by Aldous Huxley | 101 |
Annotated Bibliography | 104 |
Contributors | 108 |
Acknowledgments | 110 |
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