Burning Wheel
'Burning Wheel' Summary
The Burning Wheel is a collection of thirty poems that explores themes of light, darkness, sight, music, art, war, and idealism vs. realism. Published in 1916, it is Aldous Huxley's first work and showcases his early influences from Romantic and French symbolist poets. Despite his later shift towards a more pessimistic outlook, the poems in The Burning Wheel reflect Huxley's characteristic optimism and determination.Book Details
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Aldous Huxley
England
Huxley was born in Godalming, Surrey, England, in 1894. He was the third son of the writer and schoolmaster Leonard Huxley, who edited Cornhill Magazine. As a child, Huxley's nickname was "Ogie", shor...
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