The Early H.G. Wells - 9781442651845

The Early H.G. WellsA Study of the Scientific Romances\nAuthor(s): Bernard Bergonzi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781442651845, 978-1442651845\nSynopsis\nThis is a sensitive study of Wells imaginative development during his formative years. It comes at a time when interest in [url] Wells early writing is beginning to revive, owing, no doubt, to the current translation into reality of some aspects of science fiction.\n\n 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, .