Complete Essays - (Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley) by Aldous Huxley (Hardcover)

About the Book

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 ...

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

An important and admirable publishing event.

He writes with an easy assurance and a command of classical and modern cross-references.

Huxley's political writing is often deliberately perverse.

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.

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.

The editors have done their job with commendable thoroughness.

About the 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.