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{{short description|1923 satiric novel by Aldous Huxley}}
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'''''Antic Hay''''' is a [[comic novel]] by [[Aldous Huxley]], published in 1923. The story takes place in [[London]], and depicts the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of [[World War I]].
'''''Antic Hay''''' is a [[novel]] by [[Aldous Huxley]], published in 1923. The story takes place in [[London]], and gives a satiric depiction<ref name="britannica">{{cite web |last1=Kuiper |first1=Kathleen |title=Antic Hay: Aldous Huxley, Satire |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Antic-Hay |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> of the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of [[World War I]].


The book has been called{{by whom|date=June 2022}} a "[[novel of ideas]]" rather than people. A 1923 review opined that Antic Hay was "probably the most brilliant novel of the year" and summarized Huxley's theme as "contemporary civilization is damnable, and...the dark stream of Time is the only reality."<ref name="glasgow">{{cite web |title=Men Like Satyrs |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJ1AAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Antic+Hay%22&pg=PA5&article_id=5138,1964223 |publisher=The Glasgow Herald |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> A 1961 scholarly journal article characterized the book's theme as "disunity, disorder and disorganization" whose characters "illustrate a disreputable world disintegrating into fragments."<ref name="karl">{{cite journal |last1=Karl |first1=Frederick |title=The Play Within a Play in Antic Hay |journal=Renascence |date=Winter 1961 |volume=13 |issue=2 |page=59 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/f22599106bfc569d681ece92a4fbcdcc/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1821460}}</ref>
The book follows the lives of a diverse cast of characters in [[Bohemianism|bohemian]], artistic and [[intellectual]] circles. It clearly demonstrates Huxley's ability to dramatise intellectual debates in fiction and has been called a "[[novel of ideas]]" rather than people.


It expresses a mood of mournful disenchantment and reinforced Huxley's reputation as an iconoclast. The book was condemned for its cynicism and for its immorality because of its open debate on sex. The novel was banned for a while in Australia and burned in Cairo.
It expresses a mood of mournful disenchantment and reinforced Huxley's reputation as an iconoclast. The book was condemned for its cynicism and for its immorality because of its open debate on sex. The novel was banned for a while in Australia and burned in Cairo.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}


Superficially the story follows one Theodore Gumbril in his invention of Gumbril's Patent Small-Clothes, trousers which contain a [[pneumatic]] cushion in the seat.
Superficially the story follows Theodore Gumbril, a teacher in an English boarding school who invents Gumbril's Patent Small-Clothes, trousers which contain a [[pneumatic]] cushion in the seat.


Gumbril's quest for love occasionally makes him resort to utilizing "The Complete Man" which is a disguise he concocts around a false full beard. With it he is able to overcome his shyness and approach women in public places with a bold directness. However he is then left with the problem of how he reveals his [[real self]] to the women he befriends.
Gumbril's quest for love occasionally makes him resort to utilizing "The Complete Man" which is a disguise he concocts around a false full beard. With it he is able to overcome his shyness and approach women in public places with a bold directness. However he is then left with the problem of how he reveals his [[real self]] to the women he befriends.


It was written just after Huxley and his wife moved to Italy where they lived from 1923 to 1927.
The novel was written just after Huxley and his wife moved to Italy, where they lived from 1923 to 1927.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}


The title is from the play ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'' by [[Christopher Marlowe]], c1593, Act One, Scene One, lines 59-60: "My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay", which is quoted on the frontispiece. "Antic hay", here, refers to a playful dance.
The title is from the play ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'' by [[Christopher Marlowe]], c1593, Act One, Scene One, lines 59-60: "My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay", which is quoted on the frontispiece. "Antic hay", here, refers to a playful dance.
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The novel was mentioned briefly in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s classic novel ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1945):
The novel was mentioned briefly in [[Evelyn Waugh]]'s classic novel ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]'' (1945):
{{Cquote|'Picture me, my dear, alone and studious. I had just bought a rather forbidding book called ''Antic Hay'', which I knew I must read before going to [[Garsington Manor|Garsington]] on Sunday, because everyone was bound to talk about it, and it's so banal saying you have not read the book of the moment, if you haven't.'}}
{{Cquote|'Picture me, my dear, alone and studious. I had just bought a rather forbidding book called ''Antic Hay'', which I knew I must read before going to [[Garsington Manor|Garsington]] on Sunday, because everyone was bound to talk about it, and it's so banal saying you have not read the book of the moment, if you haven't.'}}

==Plot==

The story starts in London right after the World War I. The characters have to deal with the lack of values and stability brought by the terrible conflict. Everybody is lost but at the same time looking for happiness while everything is going out of control in an ridiculous and comic way.

==A mistake of Huxley==
In this book, Huxley seems to have been the first author to incorrectly use the term [[vomitorium]]<ref>[http://home.btconnect.com/vomitorium/oed.htm BTconnect]</ref> in the sentence: ''There strode in, like a Goth into the elegant marble vomitorium of Petronius Arbiter, a haggard and dishevelled person''.

==Bibliography==

Title: Antic Hay
Volum 1 Harper's modern classics
Coleman Dowell British Literature Series
Perennial Library
Dalkey Archive paperbacks
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Author: [[Aldous Huxley]]
Edition: reprinted
Editor [[Dalkey Archive Press]], 1957
ISBN 1564781496, 9781564781499
Page Nº: 218 pages

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==External links==
* [http://books.google.co.cr/books/about/Antic_Hay.html?id=pdXj2SZ1mT8C&redir_esc=y Google Books]


==References==
==References==
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*[http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/english/HW/HWWeekly98.htm As a Seminar topic] at Flinders University, Australia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060820042327/http://ehlt.flinders.edu.au/english/HW/HWWeekly98.htm As a Seminar topic] at Flinders University, Australia
*[http://mural.uv.es/~mifepra/biohux.htm Huxley Bio] at Valencia University, Spain
*[http://mural.uv.es/~mifepra/biohux.htm Huxley Bio] at Valencia University, Spain
*In Patrick Leigh Fermor's ''Between the Woods and the Water''


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Antic Hay
First edition
AuthorAldous Huxley
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherChatto & Windus (UK)
Doran (US)
Publication date
1923
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages328 pp

Antic Hay is a novel by Aldous Huxley, published in 1923. The story takes place in London, and gives a satiric depiction[1] of the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of World War I.

The book has been called[by whom?] a "novel of ideas" rather than people. A 1923 review opined that Antic Hay was "probably the most brilliant novel of the year" and summarized Huxley's theme as "contemporary civilization is damnable, and...the dark stream of Time is the only reality."[2] A 1961 scholarly journal article characterized the book's theme as "disunity, disorder and disorganization" whose characters "illustrate a disreputable world disintegrating into fragments."[3]

It expresses a mood of mournful disenchantment and reinforced Huxley's reputation as an iconoclast. The book was condemned for its cynicism and for its immorality because of its open debate on sex. The novel was banned for a while in Australia and burned in Cairo.[citation needed]

Superficially the story follows Theodore Gumbril, a teacher in an English boarding school who invents Gumbril's Patent Small-Clothes, trousers which contain a pneumatic cushion in the seat.

Gumbril's quest for love occasionally makes him resort to utilizing "The Complete Man" which is a disguise he concocts around a false full beard. With it he is able to overcome his shyness and approach women in public places with a bold directness. However he is then left with the problem of how he reveals his real self to the women he befriends.

The novel was written just after Huxley and his wife moved to Italy, where they lived from 1923 to 1927.[citation needed]

The title is from the play Edward II by Christopher Marlowe, c1593, Act One, Scene One, lines 59-60: "My men, like satyrs grazing on the lawns, shall with their goat feet dance the antic hay", which is quoted on the frontispiece. "Antic hay", here, refers to a playful dance.

The manuscripts for the novel are part of the collection of the University of Houston Library.

The novel was mentioned briefly in Evelyn Waugh's classic novel Brideshead Revisited (1945):

'Picture me, my dear, alone and studious. I had just bought a rather forbidding book called Antic Hay, which I knew I must read before going to Garsington on Sunday, because everyone was bound to talk about it, and it's so banal saying you have not read the book of the moment, if you haven't.'

References

  1. ^ Kuiper, Kathleen. "Antic Hay: Aldous Huxley, Satire". Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Men Like Satyrs". The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  3. ^ Karl, Frederick (Winter 1961). "The Play Within a Play in Antic Hay". Renascence. 13 (2): 59.
  • As a Seminar topic at Flinders University, Australia
  • Huxley Bio at Valencia University, Spain
  • In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Between the Woods and the Water

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