Literature Network » Aldous Huxley

Mosley, Nicholas. Introduction. Point Counter Point.(Brief article)(Book review)

Content courtesy of

From: Utopian Studies
Date: 20070322
Author:

Mosley, Nicholas. Introduction. Point Counter Point, by Aldous Huxley. 1928. [Champaign, IL]: Dalkey Archive Press, 1996. ix pp. $13.95

Mosley covers the formative experience for many of reading Huxley's Point Counter Point as a novel of ideas. He sees it a prescient novel, and as one which is affirmative in ways which many contemporary novels are not. The novel's relation to utopianism lies in its dystopian depiction of the present world as well as its concluding with a eutopian description of "the strange and wondrous world of possibilities" (ix).

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Aldous Huxley

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.