To-Day and To-Morrow Reader - Future Speculations From the 1920s and Early 1930s

The To-day and To-morrow book series (1923-31) was a publishing phenomenon - over 100 short books choosing a particular subject, outlining its present state, and then speculating about its future. This Reader brings together some of the best work in the series, including eleven complete volumes and substantial extracts from ten more.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Science and Technology
Complete texts
J. B. S. Haldane, Daedalus; or, Science and the Future (1923)
Bertrand Russell, Icarus; or, the Future of Science (1924)
A. M. Low, Wireless Possibilities (1924)
L. L. Whyte, Archimedes; or, the Future of Physics (1927)
J. D. Bernal, The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul (1929)
Excerpts
From: H. S. Jennings, Prometheus; or, Biology and the Advancement of Man (1925)
From: H. Stafford Hatfield, Automaton; or, the Future of the Mechanical Man (1928)
From: J. H. Jeans, Eos; or, the Wider Aspects of Cosmogony (1929)
Part II: Society, Politics, and Gender
Complete texts
Dora Russell, Hypatia; or, Woman and Knowledge (1925)
Bertrand Russell, What I Believe (1925)
Vera Brittain, Halcyon; or, the Future of Monogamy (1929)
Excerpts
From: E. E Fournier d'Albe, Quo Vadimus? Some Glimpses of the Future (1925)
From: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Kalki; or, the Future of Civilization (1929)
From: M. Chaning Pearce, Chiron; or, the Education of a Citizen of the World (1931)
From: Ralph de Pomerai, Aphrodite; or, the Future of Sexual Relationships (1931)
Part III: Culture, Media, and the Arts
Complete texts
Vernon Lee, Proteus; or, the Future of Intelligence (1925)
Bonamy Dobrée, Timotheus; or, the Future of the Theatre (1925)
John Rodker, The Future of Futurism (1926)
Excerpts
From: Lionel R. McColvin, Euterpe; or, the Future of Art (1926)
From: ‘John Carruthers’ (pseud. of J. Y. T. Greig), Scheherazade; or, the future of the English Novel (1927)
From: Robert Graves, Lars Porsena; or, the Future of Swearing and Improper Language (1927)
Index

About the author

Max Saunders is Interdisciplinary Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham. He directed the Arts and Humanities Research Institute at King's College London. He works on modernism, future thinking, life writing, and visual culture. His books include Imagined Futures: Writing, Science, and Modernity in the To-Day and To-Morrow Book Series, 1923–31 (2019).

Summary

The To-day and To-morrow book series (1923-31) was a publishing phenomenon – over 100 short books choosing a particular subject, outlining its present state, and then speculating about its future. This Reader brings together some of the best work in the series, including eleven complete volumes and substantial extracts from ten more.

Product details

• Authors: Max Saunders
• Assisted by: Max Saunders (Editor), Saunders Max (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032625485
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262548-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Media Studies, History: specific events & topics, Cultural Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, HISTORY / General, SCIENCE / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Philosophy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Social forecasting, future studies, Technology: general issues, History of Science, c 1920 to c 1929, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, History: specific events and topics, c 1930 to c 1939, c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000