H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether: His Social and Political Adventures - Couverture souple

Feir, Gordon

 
9780595350193: H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether: His Social and Political Adventures
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ISBN 10 : 0595350194 ISBN 13 : 9780595350193
Editeur : iUniverse, 2005

Synopsis

H.G. Wells was one of the most prolific writers in the English language. He published over one hundred books, yet he is recognized by only two or three of his popular novels including The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. Why has such a well known and widely read author from the nineteenth century almost disappeared from the bookshelves of the twenty-first century? H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether attempts to answer this question and others by examining his work from a nineteenth century perspective.Wells was a controversial figure. He was an avid socialist and a self-proclaimed prophet. He hated the Church and the Monarchy and spent much of his life promoting utopian ideals, world government and other radical concepts that are politically incorrect today. As he watched the First World War tear Europe asunder he wrote The War to End War and created a new label for that infamous conflict. He was a highly vocal anti-war journalist and often frustrated by how little impact he was making on the world. When the Second World War descended on Europe he became despondent as he approached the end of his political and literary tether.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

H.G. Wells was one of the most prolific writers in the English language. He published over one hundred books, yet he is recognized by only two or three of his popular novels including The Time Machine and War of the Worlds. Why has such a well known and widely read author from the nineteenth century almost disappeared from the bookshelves of the twenty-first century? H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether attempts to answer this question and others by examining his work from a nineteenth century perspective.Wells was a controversial figure. He was an avid socialist and a self-proclaimed prophet. He hated the Church and the Monarchy and spent much of his life promoting utopian ideals, world government and other radical concepts that are politically incorrect today. As he watched the First World War tear Europe asunder he wrote The War to End War and created a new label for that infamous conflict. He was a highly vocal anti-war journalist and often frustrated by how little impact he was making on the world. When the Second World War descended on Europe he became despondent as he approached the end of his political and literary tether.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gordon Feir is a geophysicist educated in Vancouver, Canada and currently residing in Houston, Texas. His interest in H.G. Wells began while living in Wells? birthplace in England. He has spent thirty years assembling a large collection of Wells? books and papers and studying his work.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595350194
ISBN 13 
9780595350193
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
246
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : iUniverse, 2005
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