The Critical Response to H.G. Wells.
Published by Greenwood Press, Westport, first edition, 1995, 1995
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Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm, xii, 194 pp. From the publisher's description: "H.G. Wells was one of the most influential authors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Through essays and reviews, this volume traces the critical reception of his works. An introductory essay overviews Wells's literary career and provides a context for understanding his works. Each of the sections that follow treats one of his major works, according to the publication date of his story. Within each section are reviews, essays, or excerpts that exemplify the critical response to that particular work from the time of its appearance to the present day. A bibliography at the end of the volume lists the most important modern critical studies of Wells and indicates the tremendous contemporary interest in Wells as an author."Contents include: Introduction: H. G. Wells and the Literate Subconscious; Experiment in Autobiography by H. G. Wells; The Lounger by Anonymous; The Early H. G. Wells by Bernard Bergonzi; Literature by Anonymous; The War of the Worlds by John St. Loe Strachey; Mr. Sammler's War of the Planets by Allan Chavkin; The Ideas of H. G. Wells by Anonymous; History, Adventure, and School Stories by Anonymous; The Natural History of H. G. Wells by John R. Reed; Sociological Speculations by F. C. S. S.; Mr. Well's Kipps by F. G. Bettany; The Novels of Wells, Bennett and Galsworthy by William Bellamy; Encounters with the "White Sphinx": The Re-Vision of Poe in Wells's Early Fiction by Catherine Rainwater; Mr. Wells's New Novel by W. H. Chesson; A Fictioneer of the Laboratory by H. L. Mencken; The New Machiavelli by Arnold Bennett; H. G. Wells and Mrs. Humphry Ward by John R. Reed; The Novel of Ideas by Rebecca West; Keeping the Game Going: The Re-Vision of Poe in Wells's Later Fiction by Catherine Rainwater; Ellen Glasgow's Outline of History in The Shadowy Third and Other Stories by Catherine Rainwater; Mr. Wells's New Novel by E. B. Osborn; Mr. H. G. Wells's Pamphlet Novel by Richard Jennings; H. G. Wells's and Henry James's Two Ladies by Janet Gabler-Hover; Schopenhauer, Spengler, and Wells by William J. Scheick; Afterword: The Contemporary Novel by H. G. Wells; Supplementary Readings: 1956-1994; Index. Fine.…
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- Title
- The Critical Response to H.G. Wells.
- Author
- Scheick, W.J.
- Publisher
- Greenwood Press, Westport, first edition, 1995
- Publication year
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0313288593
- ISBN 13
- 9780313288593
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Literature : English (Bibliographies)
H. G. Wells was one of the most influential authors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered today as the author of classic works of science fiction, such as The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, and The First Men in the Moon. He was also the author of The Outline of World History, an ambitious chronicle of the world from antiquity to the beginning of the 20th century. Through essays and reviews, this volume traces the critical reception of his works.
An introductory essay overviews Wells's literary career and provides a context for understanding his works. Each of the sections that follow treats one of his major works, according to the publication date of his story. Within each section are reviews, essays, or excerpts that exemplify the critical response to that particular work from the time of its appearance to the present day. A bibliography at the end of the volume lists the most important modern critical studies of Wells and indicates the tremendous contemporary interest in Wells as an author.
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About the Author
WILLIAM J. SCHEICK is J.R. Millikan Centennial Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He was formerly the editor of Texas Studies in Language and Literature and has served on a number of editorial boards. He has published some 15 books and more than 150 articles.
WILLIAM J. SCHEICK is J.R. Millikan Centennial Professor of English and American Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. He was formerly the editor of Texas Studies in Language and Literature and has served on a number of editorial boards. He has published some 15 books and more than 150 articles.
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