LEADER 03516nam 22007335 450 001 9910483930003321 005 20240314162337.0 010 $a9783030264215 010 $a3030264211 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-26421-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000009938020 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5983977 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-26421-5 035 $a(PPN)250241080 035 $a(Perlego)3491786 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009938020 100 $a20191123d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aH G Wells $eA Literary Life /$fby Adam Roberts 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (449 pages) 225 1 $aLiterary Lives,$x2946-2045 311 08$a9783030264208 311 08$a3030264203 327 $a1. Childhood -- 2. Short Fiction -- 3. Science Fiction -- 4. Bicycles and Tripods -- 5. A New Century -- 6. Anticipations -- 7. Kipps: a study in Artistry -- 8. Sex -- 9. Socialism and America -- 10. Amber Reeves -- 11. Tono-Bungay -- 12. Mr Polly -- 13. Elizabeth von Arnim -- 14. War -- 15. Boon and Bealby -- 16. Rebecca West -- 17. Mr Wells Sees Through It -- 18. League of Nations -- 19. Education -- 20. World-Historical -- 21. Futures and Pasts -- 22. Odette Keun -- 23. Life Stories -- 24. Later Non-Fiction -- 25. Later Fiction -- 26. Tethersend. 330 $aThis is the first new complete literary biography of H G Wells for thirty years, and the first to encompass his entire career as a writer, from the science fiction of the 1890s through his fiction and non-fiction writing all the way up to his last publication in 1946. Adam Roberts provides a comprehensive reassessment of Wells' importance as a novelist, short-story writer, a theorist of social prophecy and utopia, journalist and commentator, offering a nuanced portrait of the man who coined the phrases 'atom bomb', 'League of Nations' 'the war to end war' and 'time machine', who wrote the world's first comprehensive global history and invented the idea of the tank. In these twenty-six chapters, Roberts covers the entirety of Wells' life and discusses every book and short story he produced, delivering a complete vision of this enduring figure. 410 0$aLiterary Lives,$x2946-2045 606 $aLiterature 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y19th century 606 $aEuropean literature 606 $aEthnology$zGreat Britain 606 $aCulture 606 $aLiterature 606 $aLiterary History 606 $aNineteenth-Century Literature 606 $aEuropean Literature 606 $aBritish Culture 615 0$aLiterature. 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aEuropean literature. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aCulture. 615 14$aLiterature. 615 24$aLiterary History. 615 24$aNineteenth-Century Literature. 615 24$aEuropean Literature. 615 24$aBritish Culture. 676 $a823.912 676 $a823.912 700 $aRoberts$b Adam$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0256840 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483930003321 996 $aH G Wells$92845744 997 $aUNINA