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Antic Hay

Antic Hay

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作者: Aldous Huxley 著

出版社: Random House

出版时间: 2004-10

ISBN: 9780099458180

定价: 64.80

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 320页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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'Huxleybringsextraordinaryvigourandgustotoeverypagehewrites'SpectatorWhenTheodoreGumbrilhitsuponthenotionofdesigningatypeofpneumatictrouser('acomforttoalltravellers,indispensabletofirst-nighters,theconcert-goers'friends')toeasethediscomfortofthesedentarylife,hedecidesthetimehascomeleavehispositionasahousemasterinaboys'publicschoolandseekhisfortuneinthemetropolis.Butpost-First-World-WarLondonseemstobegrippedbyafeverofhedonism.GumbrilissooncaughtupinthedeliriousworldofaesthetesextraordinaireMercaptan,CasimirLypiattandthethoroughlycivilisedMyraViveash,andfindshisburningambitionsarebeginningtolosetheirurgency...Acontemporarycommentatorcoinedtheword'futilitarian'todescribethetypeofdesultory,pleasure-seekingintellectualHuxleypinnedsomercilesslytotheliterarymapinAnticHay.Wickedlyfunnyanddeliciouslybarbed,thenovelepitomisestheglitteringneuroticismofitsdecade. AldousHuxleywasbornon26thJuly1894nearGodalming,Surrey.Hebeganwritingpoetryandshortstoriesinhisearlytwenties,butitwashisfirstnovel,CromeYellow(1921),whichestablishedhisliteraryreputation.ThiswasswiftlyfollowedbyAnticHay(1923),ThoseBarrenLeaves(1925)andPointCounterPoint(1928)-bright,brilliantsatiresinwhichHuxleywittilybutruthlesslypassedjudgementontheshortcomingsofcontemporarysociety.Formostofthe1920sHuxleylivedinItalyandanaccountofhisexperiencestherecanbefoundinAlongtheRoad(1925).Thegreatnovelsofideas,includinghismostfamousworkBraveNewWorld(publishedin1932thiswarnedagainstthedehumanisingaspectsofscientificandmaterial'progress')andthepacifistnovelEyelessInGaza(1936)wereaccompaniedbyaseriesofwiseandbrilliantessays,collectedinvolumeformundertitlessuchasMusicatNight(1931)andEndsandMeans(1937).In1937,attheheightofhisfame,HuxleyleftEuropetoliveinCalifornia,workingforatimeasascreenwriterinHollywood.AstheWestbraceditselfforwar,Huxleycameincreasinglytobelievethatthekeytosolvingtheworld'sproblemslayinchangingtheindividualthroughmysticalenlightenment.Theexplorationoftheinnerlifethroughmysticismandhallucinogenicdrugswastodominatehisworkfortherestofhislife.Hisbeliefsfoundexpressioninbothfiction(TimeMustHaveaStop,1944andIsland,1962)andnon-fiction(ThePerennialPhilosophy,1945,GreyEminence,1941andthefamousaccountofhisfirstmescalinexperience,TheDoorsofPerception,1954.HuxleydiedinCaliforniaon22ndNovember1963.
内容简介:
'Huxleybringsextraordinaryvigourandgustotoeverypagehewrites'SpectatorWhenTheodoreGumbrilhitsuponthenotionofdesigningatypeofpneumatictrouser('acomforttoalltravellers,indispensabletofirst-nighters,theconcert-goers'friends')toeasethediscomfortofthesedentarylife,hedecidesthetimehascomeleavehispositionasahousemasterinaboys'publicschoolandseekhisfortuneinthemetropolis.Butpost-First-World-WarLondonseemstobegrippedbyafeverofhedonism.GumbrilissooncaughtupinthedeliriousworldofaesthetesextraordinaireMercaptan,CasimirLypiattandthethoroughlycivilisedMyraViveash,andfindshisburningambitionsarebeginningtolosetheirurgency...Acontemporarycommentatorcoinedtheword'futilitarian'todescribethetypeofdesultory,pleasure-seekingintellectualHuxleypinnedsomercilesslytotheliterarymapinAnticHay.Wickedlyfunnyanddeliciouslybarbed,thenovelepitomisestheglitteringneuroticismofitsdecade.
作者简介:
AldousHuxleywasbornon26thJuly1894nearGodalming,Surrey.Hebeganwritingpoetryandshortstoriesinhisearlytwenties,butitwashisfirstnovel,CromeYellow(1921),whichestablishedhisliteraryreputation.ThiswasswiftlyfollowedbyAnticHay(1923),ThoseBarrenLeaves(1925)andPointCounterPoint(1928)-bright,brilliantsatiresinwhichHuxleywittilybutruthlesslypassedjudgementontheshortcomingsofcontemporarysociety.Formostofthe1920sHuxleylivedinItalyandanaccountofhisexperiencestherecanbefoundinAlongtheRoad(1925).Thegreatnovelsofideas,includinghismostfamousworkBraveNewWorld(publishedin1932thiswarnedagainstthedehumanisingaspectsofscientificandmaterial'progress')andthepacifistnovelEyelessInGaza(1936)wereaccompaniedbyaseriesofwiseandbrilliantessays,collectedinvolumeformundertitlessuchasMusicatNight(1931)andEndsandMeans(1937).In1937,attheheightofhisfame,HuxleyleftEuropetoliveinCalifornia,workingforatimeasascreenwriterinHollywood.AstheWestbraceditselfforwar,Huxleycameincreasinglytobelievethatthekeytosolvingtheworld'sproblemslayinchangingtheindividualthroughmysticalenlightenment.Theexplorationoftheinnerlifethroughmysticismandhallucinogenicdrugswastodominatehisworkfortherestofhislife.Hisbeliefsfoundexpressioninbothfiction(TimeMustHaveaStop,1944andIsland,1962)andnon-fiction(ThePerennialPhilosophy,1945,GreyEminence,1941andthefamousaccountofhisfirstmescalinexperience,TheDoorsofPerception,1954.HuxleydiedinCaliforniaon22ndNovember1963.

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