Shadows of the Future: H.G. Wells, Science Fiction, and Prophecy / Edition 1

by Patrick Parrinder

Overview

H.G. Wells - inventor of the concept of the time machine and the phrase the shape of things to come - described his life's work as one of critical anticipation. This book unravels the complex layers of meaning in The Time Machine, and shows how, throughout his life, he sought to exploit the potential of literary and cultural prophecy in new ways. Described by John Middleton Murry as the last prophet of bourgeois Europe, he was its first futurologist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815603320
Publisher:	Syracuse University Press
Publication date:	03/15/1996
Series:	Utopianism and Communitarianism Series
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.23(h) x 0.51(d)