H. G. Wells

Klappentext In this book John Batchelor offers a readable introduction to Wells's huge and varied output as a writer and thinker. Zusammenfassung H. G. Wells wrote almost a hundred books! yet he is generally remembered for only a handful of them. He is known above all as a writer who heralded the future! yet throughout his life he clung to fixed attitudes from the Victorian past. In this book John Batchelor offers a readable introduction to Wells's huge and varied output as a writer and thinker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The romances of the 1890s: The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds; 2. The Edwardian achievement, I: Love and Mr Lewisham, Kipps, The First Men in the Moon, The War in the Air; 3. The Edwardian achievement, II: Tono-Bungay, Ann Veronica, The History of Mr Polly; 4. The decade of struggle: Mr Britling Sees it Through, Boon, 'prig' novels and discussion novels; 5. Wells in the modern world: Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, The Bulpington of Blup, The Croquet Player, dualism and education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Batchelor, John Batchelor, Batchelor John
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.03.1985
• EAN: 9780521278041
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27804-1
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Cambridge Topics in Geography; British and Irish Authors
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general