Eyeless in Gaza

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Eyeless in Gaza is a 1936 novel by Aldous Huxley that experiments with non-linear narrative to explore themes of pacifism, spirituality, and personal transformation in the life of its protagonist.

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instanceOf novel
adaptationFormat television drama
author Aldous Huxley NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores conversion to pacifism
ethical implications of violence
impact of past actions on present identity
relationship between intellect and emotion
form prose fiction
genre modernist novel
philosophical novel
hasAdaptation Eyeless in Gaza self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eyeless in Gaza (1981 television adaptation)
hasCharacter Brian Foxe
Helen
Mark Staithes NERFINISHED
Mary Amberley NERFINISHED
hasSubject mysticism
pacifist philosophy
social criticism
hasTitleOrigin line from Samson Agonistes by John Milton
isPartOf Aldous Huxley
surface form: Aldous Huxley bibliography
literaryMovement modernism
literarySignificance major work in Aldous Huxley’s mature period
mainCharacter Anthony Beavis
medium print
narrativeStructure non-linear narrative
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives
shifting chronology
originalLanguage English
protagonist Anthony Beavis
publicationYear 1936
publisher Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor Brave New World NERFINISHED
Crome Yellow
Point Counter Point
setting England NERFINISHED
structureFeature interwoven time periods
non-chronological chapters
theme guilt
memory
pacifism
personal transformation
search for meaning
spirituality
violence and war
timePeriod early 20th century
interwar period

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Eyeless in Gaza hasAdaptation Eyeless in Gaza self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eyeless in Gaza (1981 television adaptation)
Aldous Huxley notableWork Eyeless in Gaza