The Sea Lady : A Tissue of Moonshine : A Critical Text of the 1902 London First Edition, With an Introduction and Appendices (The annotated H.G. Wells ; 7)

Wells, H. G., edited by Leon Stover.

ISBN 10: 0786409967 / ISBN 13: 9780786409969

Edité par McFarland Publishing, 2001

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Hbk, xi, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Condition as new. r924 / m15402.

N° de réf. du vendeur 015402

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Sea Lady : A Tissue of Moonshine : A Critical Text of the 1902 London First Edition, With an Introduction and Appendices (The annotated H.G. Wells ; 7)
• Éditeur: McFarland Publishing
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0786409967
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780786409969
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This work, the seventh in THE ANNOTATED H.G. WELLS series, takes a critical look at Wells' little known fantasy The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine, which is "a parable of dark foreboding that unveils the nothingness of utopian dreams" and foreshadows Franz Kafka's dark fables of the totalitarian age. A lengthy introduction by the editor provides a comprehensive overview of the text and the story of The Sea Lady, and serves to explain the ideas of civil death and every citizen's acting as a public servant, and the concept of totalitarian metaphysics, which deals with a revolt against the limits of the human condition. This work provides a complete, extensively annotated text of the 1902 London first edition of The Sea Lady. Prepared by the world's leading Wellsian, the volume also provides germane appendices and a bibliography.

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