Around the Outsider Essays presented to Colin Wilson on the occasion of his 80th birthday
by Stanley, ColinFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-05-16
Publisher(s): O Books
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Summary
In May 1956, aged just 24, Colin Wilson achieved success and overnight fame with his philosophical study of alienation and transcendence in modern literature and thought, The Outsider. Fifty-four years on, and never out of print in English, the book is still widely read and discussed, having been translated into over thirty languages. In a remarkably prolific career, Wilson, a true polymath, has since written over 170 titles: novels, plays and non-fiction on a variety of subjects. This volume brings together twenty essays by scholars of Colin Wilson?s work worldwide and is published in his honour to mark the author?s 80th birthday. Each contributor has provided an essay on their favourite Wilson book (or the one they consider to be the most significant). The result is a varied and stimulating assessment of Wilson?s writings on philosophy, psychology, literature, criminology and the occult with critical appraisals of four of his most thought-provoking novels. Altogether a fitting tribute to a writer
Author Biography
Colin Stanley is a freelance writer and Managing Editor of Paupers' Press. He edits the series Colin Wilson Studies which features extended essays on Wilson's work by scholars worldwide.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| The Fiction | p. 1 |
| Ritual in the Dark (1960)?: An Acceptance of Complexity: Ritual in the Dark | p. 3 |
| Necessary Doubt (1964): Fighting against Sleep: Necessary Doubt as a Phenomenological Thriller | p. 24 |
| The Mind Parasites (1967): The Mind Parasites: Wilson, Husserl, Plotinus | p. 42 |
| The Philosopher's Stone (1969): The Philosopher's Stone: a cosmic adventure story for the 21st century | p. 63 |
| The Non-Fiction | p. 77 |
| The Outsider (1956): The Outsider: From Existentialism to Enlightenment | p. 79 |
| Introduction to the New Existentialism (1966): Intentionality is the key | p. 95 |
| Poetry and Mysticism (1969/1970): Poetry and Mysticism | p. 116 |
| New Pathways in Psychology: Maslow and the Post-Freudian Revolution (1972): New Pathways in Psychology | p. 132 |
| The Craft of the Novel (1975): The Missing Writer's Manual | p. 148 |
| Mysteries: an Investigation into the Occult, the Paranormal, and the Supernatural (1978): A retrospective look at Mysteries from the perspective of parapsychology | p. 160 |
| The Haunted Man: the strange genius of David Lindsay (1979): The Haunted Man | p. 174 |
| Access to Inner Worlds (1983): Access to Inner Worlds | p. 188 |
| A Criminal History of Mankind (1984): Brockengespenst Horror | p. 203 |
| Beyond the Occult (1988): In my Father's house are many mansions. John, 14:2. | p. 217 |
| The Books in My Life (1998): The Books in My Life | p. 242 |
| Dreaming to Some Purpose (2004) | p. 254 |
| Super Consciousness: the Quest for the Peak Experience (2009): Super Consciousness: the literary crux | p. 274 |
| The Man Who Saw the Future, Colin Wilson and T. C. Lethbridge: A Personal Appreciation | p. 290 |
| Dawn - Young - Heaven | p. 301 |
| scuba-ing for colin wilson | p. 305 |
| Notes on Contributors | p. 308 |
| Index | p. 319 |
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