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- catalog abstract ""Much attention has been paid to the "scientific romance" novels of H.G. Wells, a founder of modern science fiction and one of the genre's greatest writers. In comparison, little attention has been given by critics to his works of fantasy, which in the opinion of many, are just as artistic and worthy of study. This work takes a critical look at Wells' little known fantasy The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine, which is "a parable of dark foreboding that unveils the nothingness of utopian dreams" and foreshadows Franz Kafka's dark fables of the totalitarian age. A lengthy introduction by the editor provides a comprehensive overview of the text and the story of The Sea Lady, and serves to explain the ideas of civil death and every citizen's acting as a public servant, and the concept of totalitarian metaphysics, which deals with a revolt against the limits of the human condition. This work provides a complete, extensively annotated text of the 1902 London first edition of The Sea Lady. Prepared by the world's leading Wellsian scholar, the volume also provides germane appendices and a bibliography."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12789794.
- catalog contributor b12789795.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""H.G. Wells" bibliography: p. 167.".
- catalog description ""Much attention has been paid to the "scientific romance" novels of H.G. Wells, a founder of modern science fiction and one of the genre's greatest writers. In comparison, little attention has been given by critics to his works of fantasy, which in the opinion of many, are just as artistic and worthy of study. This work takes a critical look at Wells' little known fantasy The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine, which is "a parable of dark foreboding that unveils the nothingness of utopian dreams" and foreshadows Franz Kafka's dark fables of the totalitarian age. A lengthy introduction by the editor provides a comprehensive overview of the text and the story of The Sea Lady, and serves to explain the ideas of civil death and every citizen's acting as a public servant, and the concept of totalitarian metaphysics, which deals with a revolt against the limits of the human condition. This work provides a complete, extensively annotated text of the 1902 London first edition of The Sea Lady. Prepared by the world's leading Wellsian scholar, the volume also provides germane appendices and a bibliography."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166) and index.".
- catalog description "The Text -- The Story -- Civil Death -- Totalitarian Metaphysics -- The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine (1902) -- (Annotated text of the first London edition) -- "A Moonlight Fable," (1909) / H.G. Wells -- "After a Year of Journalism: An Outbreak of Auto-Obituary," (1924) / H.G. Wells -- The Great Outside and Plato.".
- catalog extent "xi, 170 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Sea lady.".
- catalog identifier "0786409967 (library binding : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Sea lady.".
- catalog isPartOf "The annotated H.G. Wells ; 7".
- catalog isPartOf "Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Annotated H.G. Wells ; 7.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland,".
- catalog relation "Sea lady.".
- catalog subject "823/.912 21".
- catalog subject "Mermaids Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PR5774 .S37 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Text -- The Story -- Civil Death -- Totalitarian Metaphysics -- The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine (1902) -- (Annotated text of the first London edition) -- "A Moonlight Fable," (1909) / H.G. Wells -- "After a Year of Journalism: An Outbreak of Auto-Obituary," (1924) / H.G. Wells -- The Great Outside and Plato.".
- catalog title "The sea lady : a tissue of moonshine / H.C. Wells ; edited by Leon Stover.".
- catalog type "Fables. gsafd".
- catalog type "Fantasy fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "text".