The literary technique of Aldous Huxley.

Few writers have interpreted the consciousness of their times as accurately as Aldous Huxley. With brilliant satire he conveys the deep sense of disillusion which marked the post-war period of the nineteen-twenties. The advance from scepticism to knowledge of God found in his novels reflects the groping spirit of an uneasy age. He speaks for a generation which began in the conviction that there was no need for faith, and came to hope that it was still not too late to find it. The conclusions which he draws from his analysis of man’s relationship to his changing world are significant, as he views the organic pattern of current thought and events from many angles. He combines in his work an intense curiosity about all knowledge, literature, art and science; a concern with the incredibleness of everyday appearances; a profound capacity for assimilating experience. To qualities which would already make a full and exact man, Huxley adds that touch of creative genius which transforms an intellectual into a literary artist. A “moderate extrovert” as he calls himself, Huxley prefers the part of thoughtful spectator to that of active participator. The mental plane of existence is his natural habitat. He knows that his talent is not one of the heart, feelings, and sympathies, and he attempts to overcome the limitation. But this emotional remoteness has been a source of strength to him in other ways.[...