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PublisherUniversity of Georgia Press

ISBN-100820350621

ISBN-139780820350622

eBay Product ID (ePID)227544541

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameH. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine

Publication Year2016

SubjectScience Fiction & Fantasy, Drama

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorPaul K. Alkon

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.7 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsThis volume is must reading for anyone interested in Wells or the development of science fiction in general., The volume highlights the startling singularity of Wells's text as well as its literary genealogy out of a variety of modes and genres. It provides an archeology of the text on the one hand, and on the other an exploration of how this text continues to project itself into the future as an influential textual artifact. The essays will be useful to anyone studying or teaching The Time Machine , offering as they do a range of critical approaches from Wells scholars, as well as a contribution from science fiction author Brian Aldiss.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal823/.912

SynopsisAcclaimed 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., Acclaimed as a work of genius when first published in 1895, The Time Machine represents a revolution in storytelling. 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.