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|aThe early fiction of H.G. Wells|h[electronic resource] :|bfantasies of science /|cSteven McLean.
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|aBasingstoke [England] ;|aNew York :|bPalgrave Macmillan,|c2009.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 222-232) and index.
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|aHeart of Darkness: The Time Machine and Retrogression -- 'An Infernally Rum Place': The Island of Doctor Moreau and Degeneration -- ScienceBehind the Blinds: Scientist and Society in The Invisible Man -- The Descent of Mars: Evolution and Ethics in The War of the Worlds -- 'Science is a Matchthat Man has Just Got Alight': Science and Social Organisation in The First Men in the Moon -- The Limits of a Sociological Holiday: Social Progress in A Modern Utopia.
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|aH.G. Wells erupted onto the literary scene with a succession of brilliant scientific novels, or 'scientific romances', including The Time Machine (1895), The War of the Worlds (1898) and The First Men in the Moon (1901). Generally acknowledged as the pioneers of modern science fiction, Wells's early novels are immersed in contemporary science. In TheEarly Fiction of H.G. Wells: Fantasies ofScience, Steven McLean offers a detailed and comprehensive study of the interconnections between Wells's scientific romances and the discourses of science in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century. Restoring the author's early fiction to the context of the periodical press and scientific publications more generally, McLean investigates how Wells utilises his scientificromances to participate in a range of topical scientific debates, but also disputes with such leading 'men of science' as T.H. Huxley and Herbert Spencer. He concludes that Wells's scientific romances retain a definite resonance in the twenty-first century.
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|aElectronic reproduction.|bBasingstoke, England :|cPalgrave Macmillan,|d2009.|nMode of access:World Wide Web.|nSystem requirements: Web browser.|nTitle from title screen (viewed on Oct. 6, 2009).|nAccess may berestricted to users at subscribing institutions.
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|aWells, H. G.|q(Herbert George),|d1866-1946|xKnowledge|xScience.
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|aFantasy in literature.
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