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H.G. Wells, Modernity, and the Movies
Keith Williams
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Description for H.G. Wells, Modernity, and the Movies
Hardback. Investigates H G Wells' interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. This book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wells' texts. It focuses on contemporary film-making in dialogue with his ideas. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
This book investigates Wells’s interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. It plugs a gap in understanding Wells’s contribution to exploring and advancing the possibilities of cinematic narrative and its social and ideological impacts in the modern period. Previous studies concentrate on adaptations: this book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wells’s texts. It also focuses on contemporary film-making ‘in dialogue’ with his ideas. Alongside Hollywood’s later transactions, it gives equal weight to neglected British and continental European dimensions. Chapter 1 shows ... Read more
This book investigates Wells’s interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. It plugs a gap in understanding Wells’s contribution to exploring and advancing the possibilities of cinematic narrative and its social and ideological impacts in the modern period. Previous studies concentrate on adaptations: this book accounts for the specifically (proto)cinematic techniques and concerns of Wells’s texts. It also focuses on contemporary film-making ‘in dialogue’ with his ideas. Alongside Hollywood’s later transactions, it gives equal weight to neglected British and continental European dimensions. Chapter 1 shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846310591
SKU
V9781846310591
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About Keith Williams
Keith Williams is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Dundee University. He recently acted as a consultant for BBC 4's trilogy of programmes on the history of British Science Fiction, The Martians and Us. Previous publications include British Writers and the Media 1930-45 (London: Macmillan/New York: St Martins Press, 1996)
Reviews for H.G. Wells, Modernity, and the Movies
Wellsian scholars will appreciate H. G. Wells: Modernity and the Movies for its freshness and insight. The book also provides an excellent framework for a course on Wells that studies the interactions for his work in written and cinematic forms.
Science Fiction Studies, Volume 35
Williams's study captures Well's interaction with cinema comprehensively.
The Wellsian, No. ... Read more
Science Fiction Studies, Volume 35
Williams's study captures Well's interaction with cinema comprehensively.
The Wellsian, No. ... Read more