Ape and Essence
Title | Ape and Essence |
Year for Search | 1948 |
Authors | Huxley, Aldous [Leonard](1894-1963) |
Date Published | 1948 |
Publisher | Harper |
Place Published | New York |
Keywords | English author, Male author, US author |
Annotation | Post-atomic war dystopia. Barbarianism. Eugenic rules are in place due to mutations, and babies outside certain parameters are killed. Love is not allowed, and there are sexual orgies at specified times. Worship of the Devil. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1958; and London: Flamingo, 1994. |
Info Notes | It was adapted for TV by John Finch and directed by David Benedictus, it aired as an episode of the Wednesday Play on BBC on May 18, 1966. |
Holding Institutions | DLC, MoU-St |
Author Note | The author (1894-1963) was born in England and lived there until 1937, when he moved to the U. S. |
Full Text | 1948 Huxley, Aldous [Leonard] (1894-1963). Ape and Essence. New York: Harper. Rpt. New York: Bantam Books, 1958; and London: Flamingo, 1994. DLC, MoU-St Post-atomic war dystopia. Barbarianism. Eugenic rules are in place due to mutations, and babies outside certain parameters are killed. Love is not allowed, and there are sexual orgies at specified times. Worship of the Devil. It was adapted for TV by John Finch and directed by David Benedictus, it aired as an episode of the Wednesday Play on BBC on May 18, 1966. The author was born in England and lived there until 1937, when he moved to the U. S. |