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Aldous Huxley

2012-01-02T09:42:55Z

Hares Kohestani:

26 July 1894 (Godalming) - 22 November 1963 (Los Angeles). English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family. Full name Aldous Leonard Huxley.

Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous' native town Godalming.
Aldous Huxley's grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog" (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/02/2/l_022_09.html).
Huxley's mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she educated him and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and [[George Orwell]]. The latter of the two might have been inspired by Huxley, writing his 1948 dystopia ''1984'', which was also set in London.

Aldous Huxley died on 22 November 1963, just a couple of hours after John F. Kennedy, which was the reason why Huxley's death was not as present in the media as it probably would have been.

His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. The setting is London in the year of 2540 AD. ''Brave New World'' anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. The novel brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.

'''Sources:
'''

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/02/2/l_022_09.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-21T22:37:18Z

Hares Kohestani:

26 July 1894 (Godalming) - 22 November 1963 (Los Angeles). English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family. Full name Aldous Leonard Huxley.

Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous' native town Godalming.
Aldous Huxley's grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog" ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/02/2/l_022_09.html).
Huxley's mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she educated him and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and [[George Orwell]]. The latter of the two might have been inspired by Huxley, writing his 1948 dystopia ''1984'', which was also set in London.

Aldous Huxley died on 22 November 1963, just a couple of hours after John F. Kennedy, which was the reason why Huxley's death was not as present in the media as it probably would have been.

His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. The setting is London in the year of 2540 AD. ''Brave New World'' anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. The novel brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.

'''Sources:
'''

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T13:09:15Z

Hares Kohestani:

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family.
He was born on 26 July 1894 in Godalming, UK and died on 22 November 1963 at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, USA.
His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. The setting is London in the
year of 2540 AD. ''Brave New World'' anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. The novel brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.
Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous' native town Godalming.
Aldous' grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog".
Aldous' mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she educated him and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and George Orwell. The latter of the two might have been inspired by Huxley, writing his 1948 dystopia ''1984'', which was also set in London.
Aldous Huxley died on 22 Novemeber 1963, just a couple of hours after John F. Kennedey, which was the reason why Huxley's death was not as present in the media as it probably would have been without John F. Kennedy's death.
His name will always be associated with ''Brave New World'', which has been one of the greatest novels of 20-century English literature.

'''Sources:
'''

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T13:08:06Z

Hares Kohestani:

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family.
He was born on 26 July 1894 in Godalming, UK and died on 22 November 1963 at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, USA.
His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. The setting is London in the
year of 2540 AD. ''Brave New World'' anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. The novel brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.
Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous' native town Godalming.
Aldous' grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog".
Aldous' mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she educated him and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and George Orwell, who might have been inspired by Huxley, writing his 1948 dystopia ''1984'', which was also set in London.
Aldous Huxley died on 22 Novemeber 1963, just a couple of hours after John F. Kennedey, which was the reason why Huxley's death was not as present in the media as it probably would have been without John F. Kennedy's death.
His name will always be associated with ''Brave New World'', which has been one of the greatest novels of 20-century English literature.

'''Sources:
'''

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T13:06:09Z

Hares Kohestani:

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family.
He was born on 26 July 1894 in Godalming, UK and died on 22 November 1963 at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, USA.
His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. The setting is London in the
year of 2540 AD. ''Brave New World'' anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. The novel brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.
Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous Huxley's native town Godalming.
Aldous' grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog".
Aldous' mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she educated him and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and George Orwell, who might have been inspired by Huxley, writing his 1948 dystopia ''1984'', which was also set in London.
Aldous Huxley died on 22 Novemeber 1963, just a couple of hours after John F. Kennedey, which was the reason why Huxley's death was not as present in the media as it probably would have been without John F. Kennedy's death.
His name will always be associated with ''Brave New World'', which has been one of the greatest novels of 20-century English literature.

'''Sources:
'''

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T12:51:31Z

Hares Kohestani:

Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English author and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family.
He was born on 26 July 1894 in Godalming, UK and died on 22 November 1963 at the age of 69 in Los Angeles, USA.
His works can be found in all three main literary genres (poetry, drama and prose).
His most famous work is the 1931 dystopian novel ''Brave New World''. Set in London in the
year of 2540 AD, the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurology. ''Brave New World'' brought Huxley worldwide prominence and still today is one of the most influential dystopian novels of all times.
Almost all members of Huxley's family were successful and famous or at least important people. His father Leonard Huxley, for instance, was a writer and schoolmaster, while his mother Julia Arnold founded the Prior's Field School in Aldous Huxley's native town Godalming.
Aldous' grandfather Thomas Henry Huxley, was a zoologist and controversialist and was called "Darwin's Bulldog".
Aldous' mother died when he was 14 years old. Until then she was her teacher and taught him everything he had to know to be accepted in Eton College, where he later became a French teacher. Among his pupils were Stephen Runciman and George Orwell.

Sources:

http://www.online-literature.com/aldous_huxley/

http://somaweb.org/w/huxbio.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jhuxley.htm

http://www.spiegel.de/lexikon/54338798.html

Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T12:40:09Z

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Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T12:36:52Z

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Aldous Huxley

2011-12-16T11:08:30Z

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Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and the most famous member of the worldwide known Huxley family.
He was born on 26 July 1894 and died on 22 November 1963 at the age of 69.

Decadent movement

2011-12-06T17:08:46Z

Hares Kohestani:

Decadence generally refers to a "process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com).
The Decadent Movement was a transitory, yet considerable late 19th-century literary style. In the decadent movement writers of the time expressed tabu-topics like sexual orientation or sex in general in their works, which was an absolutely new approach to literature in the negative sense.
Some writers of the Decadent Movement called themselves "Decadent" but the term "Decadent" arose in the literary world as a disparaging assessment from critics, criticising and making fun of the repective writers.
The probably most famous British Decadents were Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley.
Most Decadents were influenced by Gothic novels and by the works of Edgar Allen Poe and were associated with Symbolism or Aesthetism.
Decadent literature contained fiction, poetry and novels, so it basically covered all three literary genres.
The fact that Decadents rather belonged to the minority of people did not stop them from expressing their phantasies and inner desires in form of literature (and arts.)
The Decadents favored art and artifice over the natural world, and in this respect were closely aligned to the Symbolist and Aesthetic movements of the same period.
Decadence was not only present in Britain though. It also existed in Germany, France, USA and some other countries.
In France, for instance Decadence was at least as influential on literature as it was in Britain.
Famous French Decadents were, among others, Montesquieu and Charles Baudelaire.

'''''Sources'''''

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/decadence

http://libcom.org/library/decadence-aufheben-2

http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/Decadence.htm

http://r.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-decadent-movement-in-literature.htm

Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:49:51Z

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Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:39:18Z

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Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:16:40Z

Hares Kohestani:

Decadence generally refers to a "process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com).
The Decadent Movement

'''''Sources'''''

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/decadence

http://libcom.org/library/decadence-aufheben-2

http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/Decadence.htm

http://r.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-decadent-movement-in-literature.htm

Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:11:00Z

Hares Kohestani:

Decadence generally refers to a "process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com).

'''''Sources'''''

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/decadence

http://libcom.org/library/decadence-aufheben-2

http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/Decadence.htm

Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:08:27Z

Hares Kohestani:

Decadence generally refers to a "process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline, as in morals or art; decay" (http://www.thefreedictionary.com).

'''''Sources'''''

Decadent movement

2011-12-06T16:04:46Z

Hares Kohestani: Created page with 'Decadence generally refers to'

Decadence generally refers to