John R Hammond

A Preface to H G Wells

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Produktbeschreibung

H G Wells was a man of many contradictions. Trained as a scientist, he possessed the creative powers and vision of an artist. A novelist and storyteller of formidable imaginative power, he wished to be remembered as an educationalist and writer on social questions. A Preface to H G Wells provides a concise and accessible introduction to the life and works of Wells. Beginning with a survey of his life and times, the book also: - illustrates the influence of place on his fiction and auto-biographical novels - provides a detailed look at his novels and science fiction, placing his work in its literary context - discusses Wells in relation to modernism - gives a detailed examination of his works The Time Machine and Tono-Bungay - includes biographies of Wells's literary friends and contemporaries - summarises his literary contribution and relevance today Also containing a useful guide for further reading, A Preface to H G Wells is the only book available to bring together in a single volume both a biography of Wells and an introduction to his work. It will be of great interest to both the student and general reader. John Hammond is a Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University. He has written and lectured extensively on literary topics and is the President of the H G Wells Society. He is the author of H G Wells and the Modern Novel and H G Wells and the Short Story and has also written critical studies of Defoe, Stevenson, Poe and Orwell.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780582404724
• ISBN-10: 058240472X
• Artikelnr.: 39293299

Autorenporträt

John R. Hammond

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART ONE: THE
WRITER AND HIS SETTINGFamily treeChronological tableCHAPTER 1: HIS LIFE AND
TIMESEarly yearsThe studentJournalism and early fictionThe middle yearsThe
later yearsCHAPTER 2: WELLS AND HIS WORLDThe influence of placeThe town of
his birthTown and countryA PREFACE TO H. G. WELLSThe London of his
fictionThe autobiographical novelsWells's prose stylePART TWO : CRITICAL
COMMENTARYThe science fiction of the 1890sThe social novelsThe narrative
voiceClassical and romanticWells and modernismUtopia and dystopiaThe novel
as myth: The Time MachineTono-Btmgay: the divided selfPART THREE: REFERENCE
SECTIONWells and his circle: sh ort biographiesA Wells geographyWells's
literary reputationFurther reading and refermceIndexIndex of Well's Works