Psychedelic modernism : literature and film /
The primary purpose of 'Psychedelic Modernism: Literature and Film' is to trace the development of ideas and perspectives from the writing and private ambitions of 20th-century modernist writers, including Aldous Huxley. The purpose of the book is to offer a rough chronology during which i...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wilmington, Deleware :
Vernon Press,
[2024].
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | The primary purpose of 'Psychedelic Modernism: Literature and Film' is to trace the development of ideas and perspectives from the writing and private ambitions of 20th-century modernist writers, including Aldous Huxley. The purpose of the book is to offer a rough chronology during which ideas were first given a literary imagination, then transposed onto discussions of science and psychology, and then theoretically democratized to bring fruit to a relatively decentered process where images, text and interviews could reconceptualize the modern Being from an admixture of modernist, historical and pop roots that could express a greater moment in the human action. The work includes discussions from scientists such as Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, rock stars such as Jerry Garcia and unconfirmed mystics such as Carlos Castaneda. The primary focus of this work isn't literature per se, but the literary imagination as it may correspond to greater, wider and more impactive goals than the writing of 20th-century fiction. While there is some outreach that favors decentered models such as the Beat Generation, the author's primary purpose is to assemble an anthology covering the study and quests for knowledge from as many sides as could power the relative 1960s countercultural movement. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | xviii, 249 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781648898235 1648898238 9781648898853 1648898858 |