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Work #1042 · Mid-mature

Eyeless in Gaza

Aldous Huxley
1936 · English
Novel (non-linear) · Twentieth-century English novel / spiritual-pacifist literature

Huxley's formally experimental 1936 novel — path from cynical bohemianism to mystical-pacifist commitment

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Attribute Eyeless in Gaza (Mid-mature)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Multiple
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Partial
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Eyeless in Gaza

Non-chronological assembly of Anthony Beavis's life.

Space

Eyeless in Gaza

England, Mexico, the Mediterranean.

Matter

Eyeless in Gaza

Embodied Anthony at multiple ages.

Observer

Eyeless in Gaza

Beavis as assembling consciousness; Miller as catalytic teacher.

Energy

Eyeless in Gaza

Egoistic cynicism giving way to disinterested spiritual practice.

Information

Eyeless in Gaza

Non-linear biographical-psychological information.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Eyeless in Gaza

Formal experimentation and religious-spiritual turn variously received. Some readers prefer satirical-cynical Brave New World register.