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Wells, H. G.

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H. G. Wells played a central role in defining the intellectual, political, and literary character of the twentieth century. A prolific literary innovator, he coined such concepts as "time machine," "war of the worlds," and "atomic bomb," exerting vast influence on popular ideas of time and futurity, progress and decline, and humanity's place in the universe. Wells was a public intellectual with a worldwide readership. He met with world leaders, including Roosevelt, Lenin, Stalin, and Churchill, and his books were international best-sellers. Yet critics and scholars have largely forgotten his accomplishments or relegated them to genre fiction, overlooking their breadth and diversity.In Inventing Tomorrow, Sarah Cole provides a definitive account of Wells's work and ideas. She contends that Wells casts new light on modernism and its values: on topics from warfare to science to time, his work resonates both thematically and aesthetically with some of the most ambitious modernists. At the same time, unlike many modernists, Wells believed that literature had a pressing place in public life, and his works reached a wide range of readers. While recognizing Wells's limitations, Cole offers a new account of his distinctive style as well as his interventions into social and political thought. She illuminates how Wells embodies twentieth-century literature at its most expansive and engaged. An ambitious rethinking of Wells as both writer and thinker, Inventing Tomorrow suggests that he offers a timely model for literature's moral responsibility to imagine a better global future.

Modernism (Literature) --- English fiction --- History and criticism. --- Wells, H. G. --- Criticism and interpretation.

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"In this interdisciplinary work, author Ron Edwards offers an innovative rereading of H. G. Wells' "The Island of Dr. Moreau." Edwards utilizes his twenty-five years in biology and the ethics of animal research to examine the bioethical implications of Wells' work and its relevance to contemporary scientific and philosophical discussions. He tackles the myth of human exceptionalism, the notion that we are fundamentally different from the rest of the animal kingdom. We must view ourselves, he argues, not as from animals, but as animals. The approachable tone is suitable for a wide audience of the scientifically curious. At the same time, great care is given to providing an accurate and considered treatment of the technical aspects of the novel, including the scientific plausibility of Dr. Moreau's experiment. Never before have Wells' ideas been examined in such detail by an evolutionary biologist with the author's considerable experience. The implications are far-reaching, touching on key topics in animal rights, evolution, and the relationship between religion and science. Its approachability and dedication to technical accuracy produces a unique perspective on Wells' classic. Anyone with an interest in confronting some of the central issues of human existence through the lens of fiction will be rewarded with an original and thought-provoking work. "-- "The book presents a re-reading of H. G. Wells' novel "The Island of Doctor Moreau" as a key to addressing the controversies of our own humanity. It raises the issue: without human exceptionalism, where do ethics come from?"--

Literature and science. --- Animals in literature. --- Humanity in literature. --- Ethics in literature. --- Evolution (Biology) in literature. --- Biology in literature. --- Wells, H. G.

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Fiction --- Fiction writing --- Metafiction --- Writing, Fiction --- Authorship --- Technique. --- Wells, H. G. , --- Wells, H. G. --- Bliss, Reginald, --- Uells, Gerbert, --- Uėlʹs, Gerbert D., --- Velʹs, Khėrbert Zh., --- Wells, Herbert George, --- Weruzu, H. G., --- Уэльс, Герберт Д., --- Уэллс, Гергерт, --- Вельс, Хэрберт Ж., --- אועלס, ה. ג., --- איאלס, הירברט, --- ולס, ה. ג., --- ולס, ה. ג. --- ולס, הרברט ג׳ורג׳, --- וועלס, הערנערט, --- וולס, ה. ג׳, --- 威尔士赫伯特·乔治, --- 韦尔斯赫·乔,

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This is a study of the literary theories of H.G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction.

Wells, H. G. -- (Herbert George), -- 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation. --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Wells, H. G. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Aesthetics. --- Bliss, Reginald, --- Uells, Gerbert, --- Uėlʹs, Gerbert D., --- Velʹs, Khėrbert Zh., --- Wells, Herbert George, --- Weruzu, H. G., --- Уэльс, Герберт Д., --- Уэллс, Гергерт, --- Вельс, Хэрберт Ж., --- אועלס, ה. --- אועלס, ה.ג --- איאלס, הירברט --- ולס, ה. ג. --- ולס, ה. ג., --- ולס, הרברט ג׳ורג׳ --- וועלס, הערנערט --- וולס, ה. ג׳, --- 威尔士赫伯特·乔治, --- 韦尔斯赫·乔, --- אועלס, ה. ג., --- איאלס, הירברט, --- ולס, הרברט ג׳ורג׳, --- וועלס, הערנערט, --- Wells, H. G. ,