H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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... novels primarily in the Edwar- dian literary tradition and primarily devoted to destructive analysis of English society to novels of ideas whose heroes were self - conscious pioneers in world - rebuilding set in even before the outbreak ...
... novels primarily in the Edwar- dian literary tradition and primarily devoted to destructive analysis of English society to novels of ideas whose heroes were self - conscious pioneers in world - rebuilding set in even before the outbreak ...
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... novels are populated with mouthpieces , faithful spokesmen of his current views on world reconstruction . They succeed or fail , from the artistic point of view , as they succeed or fail in soaking up a sem- blance of reality from Wells ...
... novels are populated with mouthpieces , faithful spokesmen of his current views on world reconstruction . They succeed or fail , from the artistic point of view , as they succeed or fail in soaking up a sem- blance of reality from Wells ...
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... novels and stories that were parables of the world crisis , like Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island ( 1928 ) , and The Croquet Player ( 1936 ) ; novels that were scathing satires of opponents of world re- construction , like The ...
... novels and stories that were parables of the world crisis , like Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island ( 1928 ) , and The Croquet Player ( 1936 ) ; novels that were scathing satires of opponents of world re- construction , like The ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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