An H. G. Wells Companion
Author: J. R. Hammond
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1979-06-17
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1349041467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. R. Hammond
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1979-06-17
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1349041467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John R. Hammond
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Imports
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780064926744
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Patrick Parrinder
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780945636052
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Dissatisfied with her relationship with her boyfriend, Constance Wechselburger, a graduate film student, embarks on a disheartening, confusing quest in search of her vision of the ideal intellectual mate.
Author: Gene K. Rinkel
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 0252030451
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →H. G. Wells (1866_1946) was a literary lion throughout his career, publishing more than one hundred books, including classics such as War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Time Machine. Though best remembered for his science fiction, Wells was also a prolific sketcher who frequently enlivened his correspondence and marginalia with cartoons. Those drawings made for his companion Amy Catherine Robbins, which he called "picshuas," allowed him a vehicle for his nuanced self-expression and satire. Gene K. Rinkel and Margaret E. Rinkel's The Picshuas of H. G. Wells interprets these highly original cartoons through an analysis of their peculiar content and style based on Wells's life and writings. The picshuas are perhaps the best demonstration of Wells's piquant sense of humor. They provide intriguing snapshots of Wells's robust private life and convey his opinions about other writers and public figures as well as himself, whose rotund cartoon figure he sometimes lampooned as "the Great Author." Using a narrative style of creative nonfiction, The Picshuas of H. G. Wells weaves facts from Wells's life with incidents reflected in the cartoons, episodes drawn from his novels, and scenes from other writings to provide glimpses into his moments of his personal and professional conflict and triumph. There emerges a fascinating and funny portrait of a complex literary personality and his complicated relationship with a devoted collaborator, his wife. Some forty picshuas were published in Wells's Experiment in Autobiography, but the wide range of the pichsuas throughout his correspondence and private papers has never been surveyed and published until now. As an ensemble, they provide close look at the Great Author in his most joyous and uninhibited moments, laughing at himself and the world.
Author: J. R. Hammond
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1988-06-18
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 134908655X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-07-09
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781490952857
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contents:The Time MachineWar of the WorldsThe Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity.
Author: J. Hammond
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1999-07-19
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 0230390021
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A detailed chronology of the life of H.G. Wells, tracing his career from his earliest writings to his world fame as a novelist, prophet and popular educator. This Chronology brings vividly to life his extraordinary energy and industry, and the wide range of his friendships and interests. Written by one of the leading authorities on Wells, this Chronology offers a definitive outline of the life and times of a major twentieth-century writer.
Author: W. Warren Wagar
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2004-09-22
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780819567253
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A look inside one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.
Author: Don G. Smith
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-06-08
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1476611165
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One of the most influential thinkers of his era, H.G. Wells is primarily known for his science fiction writings that looked ahead in time to teach and warn. These novels and stories inspired many filmmakers to bring his visions (if often greatly altered or misfocused) to life on screen. He himself wrote screenplays and closely supervised the production of some of his work. This book is a study of every theatrically released film from 1909 to 1997 that is based, even loosely, on the writings of H.G. Wells, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, The First Men in the Moon, The Food of the Gods and The Empire of the Ants, to name a few. For each film, the author discusses the circumstances surrounding its creation, its plot, how it compares with the literary work, its production and marketing, and its strengths and weaknesses based on aesthetic qualities.
Author: David Seed
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 1405144580
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by aninternational range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themesand methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of sciencefiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debatingcultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss thecontexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins ofthe genre, its engagement with science and gender, and nationalvariations of science fiction around the English-speakingworld. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, thecinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of theculture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G.Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from MaryShelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’sThe Handmaid’s Tale.