Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin-de-Siècle Literary Scene

Author:   L. Dryden
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137500113


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 May 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells: The Fin-de-Siècle Literary Scene


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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.

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Author:   L. Dryden
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.894kg
ISBN:  

9781137500113


ISBN 10:   1137500115
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   29 May 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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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)


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Linda Dryden is Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University, and Director of the University's Centre for Literature and Writing (CLAW). She is author of two monographs, Joseph Conrad and the Imperial Romance, and The Modern Gothic and Literary Doubles: Stevenson, Wilde and Wells, and co-editor of Stevenson and Conrad: Writers of Transition.

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