ALDOUS HUXLEY ON THE ART OF SEEING
ALDOUS HUXLEY ON THE ART OF SEEING
Author(s): Oana MureșanSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Aldous Huxley; Bates method; visual re-education; alternative treatment;
Summary/Abstract: In The Art of Seeing (1942), the English writer Aldous Huxley pays homage to the American ophthalmologist W. H. Bates, and to his method of visual re-education. The author himself used this method successfully to treat his defective vision caused by a serious eye condition he had contacted in his teens. This paper explores the underlying principles which form the basis of the Bates method, and presents some of the responses the book produced.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 913-926
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
