Description
H. G. Wells, the inventor of the concept of the time machine and the phrase 'the Shape of Things to Come' described his life's work as one of 'critical anticipation'. Shadows of the Future identifies this attempt to imagine possible futures as the unifying principle behind Wells's diverse and sometimes wayward literary career. Described by John Middleton Murry as 'the last prophet of bourgeois Europe', he was also its first futurologist.
About the Author
Patrick Parrinder is Professor in the School of English and American Literature at the University of Reading. He has been a contributor to the London Review of Books.
Reviews
This is a book which will, indeed, cast its shadow into the future: I venture to prophesy that students of Wells will be reading it for a long time to come.
Michael Sherborne, The Wellsian
Book Information
ISBN 9780853234494
Author Patrick Parrinder
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
About the Author
Patrick Parrinder is Professor in the School of English and American Literature at the University of Reading. He has been a contributor to the London Review of Books.
Reviews
This is a book which will, indeed, cast its shadow into the future: I venture to prophesy that students of Wells will be reading it for a long time to come.
Michael Sherborne, The Wellsian
Book Information
ISBN 9780853234494
Author Patrick Parrinder
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Liverpool University Press
Publisher Liverpool University Press
