H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... critics could not make up their minds whether to label his work a dis- tillation of the world - view of the late nineteenth century , a mirror of contemporary thought , or a body of prophetic wisdom well ahead of its time . It was ...
... critics could not make up their minds whether to label his work a dis- tillation of the world - view of the late nineteenth century , a mirror of contemporary thought , or a body of prophetic wisdom well ahead of its time . It was ...
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... critic might object , ” but , so he imagined , “ the gen- eral reader to whom I addressed myself cared no more for finish ... critics , avant - garde , general public , and all by the ear , and his personal influence in those years in ...
... critic might object , ” but , so he imagined , “ the gen- eral reader to whom I addressed myself cared no more for finish ... critics , avant - garde , general public , and all by the ear , and his personal influence in those years in ...
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... critics to pay the prophetic Wells his due is the alarming difficulty of measuring his real influence . Wells happened to spe- cialize in ideas that have since become , for whatever reason , platitudinous ideas like the " abolition of ...
... critics to pay the prophetic Wells his due is the alarming difficulty of measuring his real influence . Wells happened to spe- cialize in ideas that have since become , for whatever reason , platitudinous ideas like the " abolition of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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