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Author:

Dryden, Linda, 1954- author.

Title:

Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells : the fin-de-si©·cle literary scene / Linda Dryden, Professor of English, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 216 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924--Friends and associates.
Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946--Friends and associates.
Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924--Criticism and interpretation.
Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946--Criticism and interpretation.
Conrad, Joseph,--1857-1924--Influence.
Wells, H. G.--(Herbert George),--1866-1946--Influence.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Martians, Sleepers, Time Travellers and Hearts of Darkness 2. Conrad, Wells, Ford and the Ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson 3. Quap, Ivory, and Insect Empires 4. 'The difference between us': Science, Politics and the Human Factor 5. Conrad, Wells, and the Art of the Novel 6. The Shape of War and of Things to Come Afterword Bibliography Index.

Summary:

"Joseph Conrad and H.G. Wells: The Fin de Si©·cle Literary Scene is the first sustained examination of the literary friendship between Conrad and Wells. Drawing upon biographies, letters, archival material and a close analysis of texts, the book traces the relationship between Conrad and Wells at the close of the nineteenth and the dawn of the twentieth centuries. It offers perspectives on both authors from literary figures like Ford Madox Ford and provides a unique analysis of the temperamental and artistic differences that ultimately caused Conrad and Wells to become estranged. At the same time, Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells uses critical insights into the works of both authors to trace the ways in which the authors influenced each other's work. What emerges is a clear picture of the literary scene at the fin-de-si©·cle and consideration of how the English novel was evolving in the opening years of the twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1137500115 (hardback)
9781137500113 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)898925092

LCCN:

2015001305

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)