The Early Fiction of H.G. Wells: Fantasies of Science
Description
This book explores the relationship between H.G. Wells's scientific romances and the discourses of science in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century. It investigates how Wells utilizes his early fiction to participate in a range of topical scientific disputes and, increasingly, as a means to instigate social reform.
Keywords
WELLS, H. G. (HERBERT GEORGE), 1866-1946SCIENCE FICTION, ENGLISHSCIENCE FICTION_HISTORY AND CRITICISMLITERATURE AND SCIENCE
2009Book
Author(s)Steven McLean
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230535626
LanguageEnglish
