The Defeat Of Youth And Other Poems - Brossura

Aldous Leonard Huxley (born July 26 1894 - died November 22, 1963) was born into a family of prominent English intellectuals. He began writing in England, but later made his home in Hollywood, and the Loz Feliz area of Los Angeles. He is best known for his novels, including Brave New World (1932), and Island (1962). But he also produced a wide range of essays, short stories, film scripts and poetry. Aldous Huxley was a leading humanist and pacifist throughout his life. He was also deeply interested in spiritual matters and mysticism. He was an intrepid intellectual leader and pioneer. He published Doors of Perception (1954), and Heaven and Hell (1956), advocating the intelligent and controlled use of psychedelics for philosophical and religious exploration.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894 -1963) was an English writer and a member of the famous Huxley family. He is best known for his novel Brave New World. Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, and film stories and scripts.Poems in this collection include The Defeat of Youth, Song of Poplars, The Reef, Winter Dream, The Flowers, The Elms. Out of the Window, In spiration, Summer Stillness, Anniversaries, Italy, The Alien, A Litrle Memory, Waking, By the Fire, Valedictory, Love Song, Private Property, Revelation, Minoan Porcelain, The Decameron, In Uncertainty to a Lady, The Life Theoretic, Complaint of a Poet Manque, Social Amenities, Topiary, ON the Bus, Points and Lines, Panic, Return from Business, Stanzas, Poem, Scewnes of the Mind, L'Apres-Midi D'un Faune, and The Louse-Hunters.