Leda
by Aldous Huxley 
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Aldous Huxley is back in the old smooth, mythological world, consecrated by a thousand poets. He pays occasional tribute to ugly fact in the course of this poem, but he is at home while describing Leda with her maids bathing in Eurotas, her shining body, and the clear deep pools! The modern terror of the too-perfect world makes him dwell longer, and more humorously, than his predecessors would have done, upon Jove tossing on his Olympian couch, tortured by his show more continence, and sending the searchlight of his glowing eye traveling over the earth below to find some object worthy of his god-like lust. (Google.) show lessTags
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Another early book of Aldous' poems. I think this is the last of the poetry, which i'm quite glad about as i can say, without any doubt, that i much, much prefer Aldous' prose.
Like the previous books of poetry by Aldous, not really my thing: other's mileage may vary though, so don't let me put you off if you enjoy this style of overly-done, Victorian-upper-class poetry.
Like the previous books of poetry by Aldous, not really my thing: other's mileage may vary though, so don't let me put you off if you enjoy this style of overly-done, Victorian-upper-class poetry.
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Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894, in Surrey, England, into a distinguished scientific and literary family; his grandfather was the noted scientist and writer, T.H. Huxley. Following an eye illness at age 16 that resulted in near-blindness, Huxley abandoned hope of a career in medicine and turned instead to literature, attending Oxford show more University and graduating with honors. While at Oxford, he published two volumes of poetry. Crome Yellow, his first novel, was published in 1927 followed by Antic Hay, Those Barren Leaves, and Point Counter Point. His most famous novel, Brave New World, published in 1932, is a science fiction classic about a futuristic society controlled by technology. In all, Huxley produced 47 works during his long career, In 1947, Huxley moved with his family to southern California. During the 1950s, he experimented with mescaline and LSD. Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell, both works of nonfiction, were based on his experiences while taking mescaline under supervision. In 1959, Aldous Huxley received the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He died on November 22, 1963. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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