H. G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies Williams Hardback 9781846310591

H. G. Wells, Modernity and the MoviesAuthor(s): Keith Williams\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781846310591, 978-1846310591\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates Wellss interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. It plugs a gap in understanding Wellss contribution to exploring and advancing the possibilities of cinematic narrative and its social and ideological impacts in the modern period. Previous studies concentrate on adaptations: this book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wellss texts. It also focuses on contemporary film-making in dialogue with his ideas. Alongside Hollywoods later transactions, it gives equal weight to neglected British and continental European dimensions. Chapter 1 shows how early writings (The Time Machine and short stories) feature m.