Anthony Beavis

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Anthony Beavis is the introspective, intellectually driven protagonist of Aldous Huxley’s novel "Eyeless in Gaza," whose life story traces his moral and spiritual evolution amid the disillusionment of the early 20th century.

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Eyeless in Gaza NERFINISHED
appearsInForm nonlinear narrative
associatedWithTheme guilt and responsibility
memory and time
personal transformation
spiritual quest
characterTrait intellectually driven
introspective
morally conflicted
self-analytical
createdBy Aldous Huxley NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1936
gender male
languageOfWork English
literaryMovementContext modernist fiction
medium novel
narrativeFunction central consciousness of Eyeless in Gaza
nationality English
occupation intellectual
protagonistOf Eyeless in Gaza NERFINISHED
relatedWorkAuthorNationality British
setInPeriod early 20th century
thematicContext critique of intellectualism
disillusionment after World War I
pacifism and nonviolence
search for meaning
undergoes moral evolution
spiritual evolution

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Eyeless in Gaza mainCharacter Anthony Beavis
Eyeless in Gaza protagonist Anthony Beavis