The Coming Race

Klappentext Climbing through the recesses of a mine! an English man falls into a deep chasm and finds himself suddenly trapped in a subterranean world inhabited by an ancient race of advanced beings. From Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth to Chris Marker's La Jet¿ subterranean worlds have been a source of both fascination and fear for the literary imagination and The Coming Race is no exception. An evolutionary fantasy first published in 1871! the story draws upon ideas of Darwinism to describe a near future world characterized by female dominance! physical perfection! and vast technological progress. The novel was extremely popular in its time and is now considered a seminal science fiction text by contemporary scholars. This Wesleyan edition includes scholarly notes and an introduction that places the work in an intellectual and literary context! and describes the author's interest in the occult. Zusammenfassung The story of a fascinating underground world of winged beings

Product details

• Authors: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edward Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton
• Assisted by: David Seed (Editor)
• Publisher: University pr of new england
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780819567352
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-6735-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Early Classics of Science Fict; Early Classics of Science Fict
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature