H. G. Wells - Modernity and the Movies

Informationen zum Autor Keith Williams is senior lecturer in English literature at Dundee University and a recent consultant to BBC 4's trilogy of programs on the history of British science fiction, The Martians and Us. Klappentext Everyone is familiar with H.G. Wells's pioneering works of science fiction! "The War of the Worlds! The Time Machine! "and "The Invisible Man"--but fewer realize how these works helped to technically develop the cinematic narrative. An appealing and accessible study aimed at the student of modernism and early cinema! "H.G. Wells! Modernity! and the Movies" reconsiders Well's advancement of the cinematic narrative alongside the social and political impact of early media. Including rare illustrations from the original magazines which published Wells's early work! this groundbreaking study will be of interest to anyone concerned with Wells! his work! and the technological parameters of modern culture. Zusammenfassung This book investigates Wells's interest in cinema and related media technologies! by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them.

Product details

• Authors: Keith Williams
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2008
• EAN: 9781846310591
• ISBN: 978-1-84631-059-1
• No. of pages: 279
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies; Liverpool University Press - L; Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies; Liverpool Science Fiction Text; Liverpool University Press - L
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet