H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0820350621 ISBN 13: 9780820350622

Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2016

Synopsis

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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About the Authors

GEORGE SLUSSER is a professor comparative literature and director of the Eaton Program for Science Fiction and Fantasy Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He is the author or editor of nineteen books, including Styles of Creation (Georgia).

PAUL K. ALKON is Leo S. Bing Professor Emeritus of English and American Literature, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. He is the author of five books including Defoe and Fictional Time (Georgia), Science Fiction before 1900, and Winston Churchill’s Imagination.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820350621
• ISBN 13: 9780820350622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Slusser George, Parrinder Patrick, Chatelain Danièle