H.G. Wells
Subtitle: traversing time
By: W. Warren Wagar.
Series: The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Science fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Time travel in literature.
Description: "The English writer Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) is one of the giants of science fiction. His early novels, The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, invented a number of themes now classic in science fiction. But he also wrote mainstream novels, journalism, political tracts, a memoir, and purely didactic fiction designed to support his various causes. In this comprehensive new critical study, W. Warren Wagar traces Wells's obsession with the unfolding of public time - in short, with the history and future of humankind - to show the persisting and provocative relevance of Wells's work."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-323) and index.