Roberts H G Wells

A Literary Life
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-26421-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 449 Seiten

Reihe: Literary Lives

This is the first new complete literary biography of H G Wells for thirty years, and the first to encompass his entire career as a writer, from the science fiction of the 1890s through his fiction and non-fiction writing all the way up to his last publication in 1946. Adam Roberts provides a comprehensive reassessment of Wells' importance as a novelist, short-story writer, a theorist of social prophecy and utopia, journalist and commentator, offering a nuanced portrait of the man who coined the phrases 'atom bomb', 'League of Nations' 'the war to end war' and 'time machine', who wrote the world's first comprehensive global history and invented the idea of the tank. In these twenty-six chapters, Roberts covers the entirety of Wells' life and discusses every book and short story he produced, delivering a complete vision of this enduring figure.


Adam Roberts is Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, and also an award-winning writer of science fiction. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Vice-President of the H G Wells Society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Adam

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;6
1.1;Bibliography;11
2;Contents;12
3;List of Figures;15
4;1: Childhood;16
4.1;Bibliography;33
5;2: Short Fiction;34
5.1;Bibliography;54
6;3: Science Fiction;55
6.1;Bibliography;71
7;4: Bicycles and Tripods;72
7.1;Bibliography;87
8;5: A New Century;88
8.1;Bibliography;113
9;6: Anticipations;115
9.1;Bibliography;131
10;7: Kipps: A Study in Artistry;132
10.1;Bibliography;145
11;8: Sex;146
11.1;Bibliography;156
12;9: Socialism and America;157
12.1;Bibliography;170
13;10: Amber Reeves;172
13.1;Bibliography;196
14;11: Tono-Bungay (1909);197
14.1;Bibliography;210
15;12: Mr Polly (1910);211
16;13: Elizabeth von Arnim;221
16.1;Bibliography;239
17;14: War;240
17.1;Bibliography;253
18;15: Boon and Bealby;254
18.1;Bibliography;266
19;16: Rebecca West;267
19.1;Bibliography;275
20;17: Mr Wells Sees Through It;276
20.1;Bibliography;288
21;18: League of Nations;289
21.1;Bibliography;298
22;19: Education;299
22.1;Bibliography;306
23;20: World-Historical;307
23.1;Bibliography;315
24;21: Futures and Pasts;316
24.1;Bibliography;332
25;22: Odette Keun;334
25.1;Bibliography;360
26;23: Life Stories;361
26.1;Bibliography;371
27;24: Later Non-fiction;372
27.1;Bibliography;387
28;25: Later Fiction;389
28.1;Bibliography;407
29;26: Tethersend;408
29.1;Bibliography;423
30;Coda;424
30.1;Bibliography;430
31;Chronology;431
32;Bibliography;434
32.1;Works by H.G. Wells;434
32.2;1: Wells’s Works;434
32.3;2. Other Works Cited;437
33;Index;442