LEADER 03840nam 22006015 450 001 9910847581703321 005 20250808093248.0 010 $a9783031557750 010 $a3031557751 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-55775-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31276974 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31276974 035 $a(CKB)31449916700041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31319626 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31319626 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-55775-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931449916700041 100 $a20240413d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAldous Huxley's Short Fiction /$fby Andrija Mati? 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (189 pages) 311 08$a9783031557743 311 08$a3031557743 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1: Introduction -- 2: Initiation in Limbo -- 3: Toxic Masculinity, Pseudo-Intellectualism, and ?Sexo-Religious Psychology? in Mortal Coils -- 4: Irony, Popular Art, and Progressive Education in Little Mexican -- 5: Nonsense, the Other, and Applied Science in Two or Three Graces -- 6: Religion, Seduction and Spiritual Education in Brief Candles -- 7: Uncollected Stories -- 8: Conclusion. . 330 $aAldous Huxley?s Short Fiction analyzes Huxley?s short stories within a modernist context, highlighting that he shared more characteristics with distinguished modernists than is usually believed. The book also explores other features of Huxley?s short stories, focusing on themes such as consumerism, mainstream education, shallow intellectualism, women?s emancipation, toxic masculinity, and sensational journalism, themes that correspond with both Huxley?s time and our world, and position him among the most prophetic authors of the twentieth century. This study demonstrates that Huxley?s short fiction can provide answers to questions that remain confusing or partially explained in the research on Huxley?s work. It illustrates the constants and changes in Huxley?s opinions on organized religion, mysticism, and the relation between sexuality and spirituality, while also clarifying Huxley?s political opinion, which is often misunderstood due to his advocacy of pacifism. Finally, the in-depth interpretations of Huxley?s short stories reveal the dynamics of his literary style, especially his complex humor and irony, areas he developed more than any other modernist author of short fiction. Andrija Mati? is an adjunct assistant professor at Baruch College, The City University of New York, USA. He is the author of five novels, a collection of short stories, and a study on T. S. Eliot?s complete works. He has also published many articles on Anglo-American literature, especially on modernist poetry and short fiction. Andrija Mati? has taught at universities in Serbia, Kuwait, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aFiction 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTwentieth-Century Literature 606 $aFiction Literature 606 $aLiterary Criticism 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aFiction. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 14$aTwentieth-Century Literature. 615 24$aFiction Literature. 615 24$aLiterary Criticism. 676 $a823.912 700 $aMatic?$b Andrija$f1978-$01768759 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910847581703321 996 $aAldous Huxley's Short Fiction$94232996 997 $aUNINA