Point Counter Point
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Point Counter Point is a 1928 modernist novel by Aldous Huxley that satirically portrays the intellectual and social life of the British upper class through a complex, multi-character narrative.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Point-counterpoint | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
modernist novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Aldous Huxley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterBasedOn |
Denis Burlap – partly based on T. S. Eliot
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Mark Rampion – based on D. H. Lawrence ⓘ Philip Quarles – partly based on Aldous Huxley ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of Aldous Huxley’s major novels ⓘ |
| exploresConcept | counterpoint of ideas and characters ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Brave New World ⓘ |
| genre |
modernist literature
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philosophical fiction ⓘ satirical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Denis Burlap
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Elinor Quarles ⓘ Lucy Tantamount ⓘ Mark Rampion ⓘ Philip Quarles ⓘ Spandrell ⓘ Walter Bidlake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | musical term "counterpoint" ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century English literature canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
experimental structure
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satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conflict between intellect and emotion
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intellectual life of the British upper class ⓘ politics and ideology ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ social life of the British upper class ⓘ spirituality and religion ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multi-character narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
multiple viewpoints
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stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex narrative structure
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philosophical dialogues ⓘ satirical portrayal of intellectual elites ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 500 pages ⓘ |
| precededBy | Those Barren Leaves ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus ⓘ |
| setting | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| structure |
episodic
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polyphonic ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1920s ⓘ |
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Point-counterpoint