Jules Verne [electronic resource] : Journeys in Writing
Unwin, Timothy.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,
2005.
A hundred years after his death, Jules Verne (1828-1905) has in the popular imagination become synonymous with prediction of the future. Yet the actual texts of Verne's major novels (the vast series known as the Voyages extraordinaires ) still remain unknown to many. The popular (and false) image of Verne as a foreteller of the future often comes not through what he actually wrote, but through films and other adaptations of his work. This book sets out to challenge an enduring legacy of misconceptions about Jules Verne's standing as a novelist by focusing on his innovative, experimental approa
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Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; References, Translations, Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Science, Literature and the Nineteenth Century; 2: Textual Environments; 3: All the World's a Text; 4: Theatre and Theatricality; 5: Self-Consciousness: The Journey of Language and Narrative; 6: Writing and Rewriting; Conclusion; Appendix: Chronology of the Life of Jules Verne; Bibliography; Index
A hundred years after his death, Jules Verne (1828-1905) has in the popular imagination become synonymous with prediction of the future. Yet the actual texts of Verne's major novels (the vast series known as the Voyages extraordinaires ) still remain unknown to many. The popular (and false) image of Verne as a foreteller of the future often comes not through what he actually wrote, but through films and other adaptations of his work. This book sets out to challenge an enduring legacy of misconceptions about Jules Verne's standing as a novelist by focusing on his innovative, experimental approa
Verne, Jules.
Romance Literatures
Languages & Literatures
French Literature