H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference "the Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future" Imperial College, London July 26-29, 1995 - Couverture rigide

9780820322902: H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference "the Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future" Imperial College, London July 26-29, 1995

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ISBN 10 : 0820322903 ISBN 13 : 9780820322902

Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 2001

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Acclaimed as a work of genius when first published in 1895, The Time Machine represents a revolution in storytelling. H. G. Wells's first--and greatest--novel has been recognized worldwide as a founding text of the science fiction genre and one of the most seminal narratives of the last hundred years.

This collection of essays offers a series of original, penetrating, and wide-ranging perspectives on Wells's masterpiece by an international group of major Wells and science fiction scholars. The authors explore such textual topics as the narrative techniques and mythological undertones of the novel as well as its contribution to modern ideas of time and evolution and its focusing of the intellectual cross-currents of the late nineteenth century. This insightful volume captures the innovative imagination, richness, and fascinating ambiguity that resulted in a classic literary work and demonstrates that Wells's novel is both a visionary story and an unstoppable idea.

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� propos de l?auteur

George Slusser is a professor of comparative literature and director of the Eaton Program for Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies at the University of California, Riverside. Patrick Parrinder is a professor of English at the University of Reading, England, and is a vice president of the H. G. Wells Society. Daniele Chatelain is a professor of French at the University of Redlands.

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