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• catalog abstract ""H. G. Wells was a man of many contradictions. Trained as a scientist, he possessed the creative powers and vision of an artist. A novelist and storyteller of formidable imaginative power, he wished to be remembered as an educationalist and writer on social questions." "A Preface to H.G. Wells provides a concise and accessible introduction to the life and works of Wells. Beginning with a survey of his life and times, the book also illustrates the influence of place on his fiction and auto-biographical novels; provides a detailed look at his novels and science fiction, placing his work in its literary context; discusses Wells in relation to modernism; gives a detailed examination of his works The Time Machine and Tono-Bungay; includes biographies of Well's literary friends and contemporaries; and summarises his literary contribution and relevance today." "Also providing a useful guide for further reading, A Preface to H.G. Wells is the only book available to bring together in a single volume both a biography of Wells and an introduction to his work. It will be of great interest to both the student and general reader."--Jacket.".
• catalog alternative "H.G. Wells".
• catalog contributor b12290145.
• catalog created "2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
• catalog description ""H. G. Wells was a man of many contradictions. Trained as a scientist, he possessed the creative powers and vision of an artist. A novelist and storyteller of formidable imaginative power, he wished to be remembered as an educationalist and writer on social questions." "A Preface to H.G. Wells provides a concise and accessible introduction to the life and works of Wells. Beginning with a survey of his life and times, the book also illustrates the influence of place on his fiction and auto-biographical novels; provides a detailed look at his novels and science fiction, placing his work in its literary context; discusses Wells in relation to modernism; gives a detailed examination of his works The Time Machine and Tono-Bungay; includes biographies of Well's literary friends and contemporaries; and summarises his literary contribution and relevance today." "Also providing a useful guide for further reading, A Preface to H.G. Wells is the only book available to bring together in a single volume both a biography of Wells and an introduction to his work. It will be of great interest to both the student and general reader."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and indexes.".
• catalog description "Part 1. The writer and his setting. Family tree -- Chronological table -- His life and times: Early years -- The student -- Journalism and early fiction -- The middle years -- The later years -- Wells and his world: The influence of place -- The town of his birth -- Town and country -- The London of his fiction -- The autobiographical novels -- Well's prose style -- Part 2. Critical commentary. The science fiction of the 1890s -- The social novels -- The narrative voice -- Classical and romantic -- Wells and modernism -- Utopia and dystopia -- The novel as myth: The time machine -- Tono-Bungay: the divided self -- Part 3. Reference section. Wells and his circle: short biographies -- A Wells geography -- Wells's literary reputation -- Further reading and reference.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 225 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Preface to H.G. Wells.".
• catalog identifier "058240472X (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Preface to H.G. Wells.".
• catalog isPartOf "Preface books".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Harlow, England ; New York : Longman,".
• catalog relation "Preface to H.G. Wells.".
• catalog subject "823.912 21".
• catalog subject "Novelists, English 20th century Biography.".
• catalog subject "PR5776 .H35 2001".
• catalog subject "Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part 1. The writer and his setting. Family tree -- Chronological table -- His life and times: Early years -- The student -- Journalism and early fiction -- The middle years -- The later years -- Wells and his world: The influence of place -- The town of his birth -- Town and country -- The London of his fiction -- The autobiographical novels -- Well's prose style -- Part 2. Critical commentary. The science fiction of the 1890s -- The social novels -- The narrative voice -- Classical and romantic -- Wells and modernism -- Utopia and dystopia -- The novel as myth: The time machine -- Tono-Bungay: the divided self -- Part 3. Reference section. Wells and his circle: short biographies -- A Wells geography -- Wells's literary reputation -- Further reading and reference.".
• catalog title "A preface to H.G. Wells / John Hammond.".
• catalog title "H.G. Wells".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".