Music At Night And Other Essays Including Vulgarity In Literature

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Music At Night and other essays, including Vulgarity in Literature" by Aldous Leonard Huxley. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Delve into the thought-provoking world of Aldous Huxley's 'Music at Night', a collection of essays that explore the intersections of art, music, and society in the early 20th century. Huxley fearlessly defends his friend D. H. Lawrence against puritanical criticism in the powerful essay 'To the Puritan All Things are Impure'. Through the enchanting words of 'The Rest is Silence', he unveils the profound connection between music and the ineffable. In the whimsical piece 'Sermons in Cats', Huxley draws intriguing parallels between human behavior and the enigmatic nature of our feline companions. Join Huxley on a journey of intellectual discovery, where artistry and social transformation intertwine.

This book is about the fiercely contrasting visions of two of the nineteenth century’s greatest utopian writers. A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary study, it emphasizes that space is a key factor in utopian fiction, often a barometer of mankind’s successful relationship with nature, or an indicator of danger. Emerging and critically acclaimed scholars consider the legacy of two great utopian writers, exploring their use of space and time in the creation of sites in which contemporary social concerns are investigated and reordered. A variety of locations is featured, including Morris’s quasi-fourteenth century London, the lush and corrupted island, a routed and massacred English countryside, the high-rises of the future and the vertiginous landscape of another Earth beyond the stars.

Convinced that all aspects of modern culture have been affected by avant-garde art, Renato Poggioli explores the relationship between the avant-garde and civilization. Historical parallels and modern examples from all the arts are used to show how the avant-garde is both symptom and cause of many major extra-aesthetic trends of our time, and that the contemporary avant-garde is the sole and authentic one.