The Invisible Man - Couverture souple

Wells, H.G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1554812739 ISBN 13 : 9781554812738

Editeur : Broadview Press Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

The Invisible Man stands out as possessing one of the most complicated heroes, or perhaps anti-heroes, inliterature. Griffin is not a naive dreamer such as Moreau's Pendick or a hapless victim of circumstanceslike the unnamed narrator of The War of the Worlds. He is a man of great genius and great faults. Perhapsclosest in character to the time traveler, the invisible man wants to the change the world through hisinvention. Griffin's genius, however, is selfish-no one profits from his experiments, not even himself. Athoroughly unlikeable character defined by impulsiveness, arrogance, rudeness, and, at times, violence,Griffin is a man of the late-nineteenth century-he is a man of the future. The Invisible Man is not only acommentary on the great spirit of invention that elevated the nineteenth century but also a warning againstthe eugenic and self-interested policies that almost destroyed the twentieth century.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nicole Lobdell is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at DePauw University.Nancee Reeves is a Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Georgia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Broadview Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1554812739
• ISBN 13: 9781554812738
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Lobdell Nicole, Reeves Nancee
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