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Jules Verne: Journeys in Writing.(Book review)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 20070401
Author:Evans, Arthur B.

Jules Verne: Journeys in Writing. By TIMOTHY UNWIN. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2005. xii + 242 pp. 20 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-0-85323-458-6.

In 2005 Jules Verne aficionados from around the world commemorated the centenary of the death of this ever-popular author. As a result, scores of new Verne-related publications--of varying quality--appeared in the marketplace. Some were by serious literary scholars, some by well-meaning but idolizing fans, and some by media journalists who seemed to know Verne only as the putative 'father of sci-fi'. Jules Verne: Journeys ...

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