John R. Hammond

A Preface to H G Wells (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

John Hammond offers an introduction to the life and work of H G Wells which is of interest and value to both the student and the general reader. Although Wells is studied at undergradute level there is no introductory text available as yet, instead students can only consult full length detailed biographies. John Hammond provides a concise overview allowing the student to read Wells with greater critical appreciation and to undertand the main areas of discussion and disagreement concerning the author.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317877004
• Artikelnr.: 41221119

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