Preface to H G Wells

List of contents

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

About the author

John R. Hammond

Summary

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 autobiographical novels, and discusses his work in relation to Modernism.

Product details

• Authors: John Hammond, John R. Hammond, Hammond John R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138439894
• ISBN: 978-1-138-43989-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Preface Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism