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Aldous Huxley Recollected: An Oral History

Autor David K. Dunaway
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 noi 1998
Best-selling author Aldous Huxley's American years have been a period literary historians discounted. His reputation suffered after his exile to California, which he undertook partly for the sake of his failing sight, partly out of disappointment with the European peace movement, and partly in search of new spiritual direction. With his move to California, Huxley became part of Hollywood's Golden Age, working alongside such noted figures as Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bertolt Brecht and Christopher Isherwood. During this time Huxley published nineteen books. His writing and life underwent many transformations, and many crucial unanswered questions remained about his sojourn. Were the writings of the American years as self-indulgent as critics claimed? How did cinematic conventions influence his art? Did he ever reach that unitary mystical experience he sought throughout the last decades of his life? Prominent oral historian and biographer David Dunaway responds to these questions, using interviews with co-workers, family, and friends and an analysis of Huxley's FBI files and little-known scripts for 'Jane Eyre' and 'Pride and Prejudice,' to provide us with intimate glimpses into Huxley's development as an author and a man. For the oral and literary historian, an extended introduction and appendix describe in detail the methods, processes, and challenges of doing oral literary history research.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780761990659
ISBN-10: 0761990658
Pagini: 250
Dimensiuni: 155 x 225 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:Rev
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția AltaMira Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

chapter 1 Preface "Aldous"
chapter 2 Introduction
chapter 3 I England: Family, Youth, Parenthood (1894-1936)
chapter 4 II Hollywood (1937-1941)
chapter 5 III Llano and Wrightwood (1941-1949)
chapter 6 IV Los Angeles (1949-1956)
chapter 7 V Hollywood Hills (1956-1963)
chapter 8 VI His Legacy and Critical Reception Today
chapter 9 Notes
chapter 10 Acknowledgements
chapter 11 Checklist of Major Publications and Residences
chapter 12 Contributors
chapter 13 Appendices: The Aldous Huxley Oral History Project
Transcribing and Editing Oral History
Oral Literary History and Oral Biography
chapter 14 Photo Insert
chapter 15
chapter 16