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Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells : The Fin-De-Siècle Literary Scene by Linda Dryden (2015, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan The Limited

ISBN-101137500115

ISBN-139781137500113

eBay Product ID (ePID)208578642

Product Key Features

Number of PagesX, 216 Pages

Publication NameJoseph Conrad and H. G. Wells : the Fin-De-Siècle Literary Scene

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

SubjectModern / 20th Century, General, Modern / 19th Century, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Fiction

AuthorLinda Dryden

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight137.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2015-001305

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Dryden's thoroughly researched monograph contains a very systematically organized and impressive bulk of data on the two turn-of-the-century writers' relationship, and she advances her argument in a clear, reader-friendly style. ... researchers looking for intersections of the two authors' art, which have a great potential for fruitful inter-textual analysis, will probably find Dryden's volume most helpful." (Angelika Reichmann, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 22 (2), Fall, 2016)

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal823/.912

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements 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

SynopsisJoseph Conrad and H.G. Wells: The Fin de Siècle 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-siècle and consideration of how the English novel was evolving in the opening years of the twentieth century., This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through to the differences that caused their estrangement, including their respective responses to the First World War. It thus gives an overview of the literary scene in the late Victorian and early Edwardian period.

LC Classification NumberPN760.5-769