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The early fiction of H.G. Wellsfantasies of science /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The early fiction of H.G. WellsSteven McLean.
Reminder of title:	fantasies of science /
Author:	McLean, Steven,
Published:	Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
Description:	ix, 242 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Subject:	Science fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230236639

The early fiction of H.G. Wellsfantasies of science /
McLean, Steven,1973-

The early fiction of H.G. Wellsfantasies of science /[electronic resource] :Steven McLean. - Basingstoke [England] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - ix, 242 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-232) and index.

Heart of Darkness: The Time Machine and Retrogression -- 'An Infernally Rum Place': The Island of Doctor Moreau and Degeneration -- ScienceBehind the Blinds: Scientist and Society in The Invisible Man -- The Descent of Mars: Evolution and Ethics in The War of the Worlds -- 'Science is a Matchthat Man has Just Got Alight': Science and Social Organisation in The First Men in the Moon -- The Limits of a Sociological Holiday: Social Progress in A Modern Utopia.

H.G. Wells erupted onto the literary scene with a succession of brilliant scientific novels, or 'scientific romances', including The Time Machine (1895), The War of the Worlds (1898) and The First Men in the Moon (1901). Generally acknowledged as the pioneers of modern science fiction, Wells's early novels are immersed in contemporary science. In TheEarly Fiction of H.G. Wells: Fantasies ofScience, Steven McLean offers a detailed and comprehensive study of the interconnections between Wells's scientific romances and the discourses of science in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century. Restoring the author's early fiction to the context of the periodical press and scientific publications more generally, McLean investigates how Wells utilises his scientificromances to participate in a range of topical scientific debates, but also disputes with such leading 'men of science' as T.H. Huxley and Herbert Spencer. He concludes that Wells's scientific romances retain a definite resonance in the twenty-first century.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230236639Subjects--Personal Names:

461536
Wells, H. G.
1866-1946--KnowledgeSubjects--Topical Terms:

209789
Science fiction, English
--History and criticism.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PR5778.S35 / M35 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.912

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