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By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, huxley characterizes the symptoms of the disease of modern man in the manner of a composer. Point counter point, a voluminous, wildly overpopulated, completely outdated roman a clef is meant to vindicate his viewpoint, but is so sarcastic as to undermine even his own arguments. Point counter point, huxleys greatest novelistic success except for brave new world, is a complex work involving a multitude of characters who represent various extremes of imbalance in earthly. Eoin woods and david emery, in is uml sufficient for. Along with brave new world written a few years later, point counter point is huxleys most concentrated attack on the scientific attitude and its effect on modern culture. The term derives from the latin for point against point, meaning note against note in referring to the notation of plainsong plainsong. Point counter point the greatest literature of all time. Point counterpoint playing chamber music on lake dunmore. The first edition of the novel was published in 1928, and was written by aldous huxley. Robert boudreau and his wife, kathleen, have recently decided that they cannot keep running the barge.
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