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Bezig met laden... H.G.: The History of Mr Wells (1995)door Michael Foot
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A very good biography (as is George Orwell's, by Bernard Crick), but again I find the voluminous writings of Wells himself to be more compelling, attractive, and revelatory. ( ) Reviewed in the February 1997 issue of the Socialist Standard: http://socialiststandardmyspace.blogspot.com/2016/01/no-real-understanding-of-so... Michael Foot - surely one of the most intellectual figures ever to lead a major political party - offers here a very interesting insight into the literary and political thought of H G Wells. There is so much more to the great author than the very famous science fiction novels (or "scientific romances" in the misleading parlance of the day) for which he is most famous today, great seminal examples though those are of early SF. This books traces the development of his thinking and his often perceptive insight into world affairs and scientific progress. If I had a small criticism, it would be that one can sometimes get bogged down by some of the lengthy extracts from some of his works and correspondence with other leading intellectual lights. A fascinating study of a man who is so much more than just the founding father of science fiction (and that would be significant enough in itself - and for my money he is more worthy to occupy that station than Jules Verne, who was more of a scientific adventure writer, albeit a very good one). geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
H. G. Wells, British writer, social critic, futurist, and celebrated author of The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, witnessed the great events of two centuries and played a major role in many controversies of his turbulent age. With extraordinary foresight, he predicted such developments as the atomic bomb and space flight. He was a leading voice for society's have-nots, a staunch supporter of women's and worker's rights, a passionate champion of equality among races and classes, and one of socialism's leading proponents. In tracking the life of Wells, Michael Foot - former leader of Britain's labor party and esteemed literary biographer - traces the growth of these major social movements and Well's commitment to them. What results is the story of a remarkable man whose work influenced a remarkable time.
The women he loved, and who loved him - among them four of the most independent-minded women of the era, his wife Jane Wells, Amber Reeves, Rebecca West, and Moura Budberg - played an important part in the world's perception of Wells. Foot explores these very public relationships and Wells's belief in free love. He contends that Wells's open defiance of the prudery of the time helped pull British society from the smothering embrace of Victorian morality and into the twentieth century. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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