Point Counter PointAldous Huxley's lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer - themes and characters are repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic. First published in 1928, Huxley's satiric view of intellectual life in the '20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities of the time as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Sir Oswald Mosley, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murray, as well as Huxley himself. A major work of the 20th century and a monument of literary modernism, this edition includes an introduction by acclaimed novelist Nicholas Mosley (author of Hopeful Monsters and the son of Sir Oswald Mosley). Along with Brave New World (written a few years later), Point Counter Point is Huxley's most concentrated attack on the scientific attitude and its effect on modern culture. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 27 |
Section 4 | 35 |
Section 5 | 50 |
Section 6 | 68 |
Section 7 | 81 |
Section 8 | 93 |
Section 20 | 250 |
Section 21 | 269 |
Section 22 | 293 |
Section 23 | 296 |
Section 24 | 303 |
Section 25 | 311 |
Section 26 | 314 |
Section 27 | 320 |
Section 9 | 97 |
Section 10 | 114 |
Section 11 | 121 |
Section 12 | 144 |
Section 13 | 156 |
Section 14 | 182 |
Section 15 | 196 |
Section 16 | 205 |
Section 17 | 215 |
Section 18 | 227 |
Section 19 | 240 |
Section 28 | 324 |
Section 29 | 332 |
Section 30 | 345 |
Section 31 | 358 |
Section 32 | 379 |
Section 33 | 396 |
Section 34 | 410 |
Section 35 | 420 |
Section 36 | 425 |
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