After Many a Summer
After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death; it was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
previous work
primaryTopic
After Many a Summer
After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death; it was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues, some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus, about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.
has abstract
Pour les articles homonymes, ...... r Aldous Huxley (Royaume-Uni).
@fr
After Many a Summer (1939) is ...... ck Memorial Prize for fiction.
@en
Dopo molte estati (After Many ...... mo romanzo di Huxley, L'isola.
@it
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912 19
ISBN
0-06-091063-1
LCC
PR6015.U9 A77 1983
literary genre
number of pages
OCLC
publisher
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
735,629,611
Caption
First UK edition
country
United Kingdom
language
media type
release date
publisher
Chatto & Windus(UK)
Harper & Row(USA)
subject
comment
Pour les articles homonymes, ...... r Aldous Huxley (Royaume-Uni).
@fr
After Many a Summer (1939) is ...... ck Memorial Prize for fiction.
@en
Dopo molte estati (After Many ...... morial Prize per la narrativa.
@it
label
After Many a Summer
@en
Dopo molte estati
@it
Jouvence (roman)
@fr
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
After Many A Summer
@en
or After Many A Summer Dies the Swan
@en