LEADER 03988nam 2200649 450 001 9910460271803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5686-7 010 $a1-4426-3355-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656864 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433162 035 $a(EBL)3432081 035 $a(OCoLC)929153617 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001536276 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11995506 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001536276 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11509611 035 $a(PQKB)10590949 035 $a(CEL)449961 035 $a(OCoLC)914233196 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00930787 035 $a(DE-B1597)465753 035 $a(OCoLC)979630954 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656864 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669427 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669427 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11255960 035 $a(OCoLC)945975059 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433162 100 $a20160920h19611961 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe early H. G. Wells $ea study of the scientific romances /$fBernard Bergonzi 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1961. 210 4$d©1961 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 311 $a1-4426-5184-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $tI. H. G. Wells and the Fin de Siècle -- $tII. From The Chronic Argonauts to The Time Machine -- $tIII. The Short Stories -- $tIV. The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Dr Moreau, and The Invisible Man -- $tV. The War of the Worlds -- $tVI. When the Sleeper Wakes and The First Men in the Moon -- $tVII. Wells and the Twentieth Century -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThis is a sensitive study of Wells? imaginative development during his formative years. It comes at a time when interest in H.G. Wells? early writing is beginning to revive, owing, no doubt, to the current translation into reality of some aspects of science fiction.Mr. Bergonzi examines Wells? early fiction, from surviving student writings of the late eighties to 1901 when he published The First Men in the Moon, his last significant scientific romance, and Anticipations, his first systematic non-fictional treatise. The main emphasis of his study falls on the scientific romances of the nineties, which are examined in detail. In addition to literary analysis, relevant source material and reviews, which show how contemporaries received Wells? work, are noted.Wells? early attitude to science is shown to have been deeply ambivalent, as is apparent in his successive uses of the Frankenstein archetype. His intellectual attitudes tended towards scepticism and pessimism rather than to the ?utopian? optimism associated with his later career.These romances reflect in imaginative and non-discursive form some of the major preoccupations of late-Victorian England: the impact of Darwinism, of Socialism, and an increasing lack of national self-confidence. Mr. Bergonzi sees Wells as essentially a fin de siècle myth-maker, and he argues that it is this aspect of Wells? work which most requires attention if he is to be remembered in the future. Two early pieces by Wells, now unobtainable elsewhere, are given in an Appendix. One, The Chronic Argonauts, a fragment of a fantastic novel written at the age of 21, is the earliest draft of The Time Machine. 606 $aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScience fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.9/12 700 $aBergonzi$b Bernard$0163421 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460271803321 996 $aThe early H. G. Wells$92088731 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$36.30$u11/26/2017$5Eng