The early fiction of H.G. Wells
Subtitle: fantasies of science
By: Steven McLean.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780230535626
Subjects: Wells, H. G. -- 1866-1946 -- Knowledge -- Science; Science fiction, English -- History and criticism; Literature and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Fantasy in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Misadventures in a post-Darwinian universe; title: Heart of darkness: The time machine and retrogression; title: An infernally rum place?: The island of Doctor Moreau and degeneration; title: Science and society. Science behind the blinds: scientist and society in The invisible man; title: The descent of Mars: evolution and ethics in The war of the worlds; title: Towards the shaping of humanity. Science is a match that man has just got alight?: science and social organisation in The first men in the moon; title: The limits of a sociological holiday: social progress in A modern utopia; title: Conclusion.