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Date: 20051101
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H.G. Wells.
Ed. by Harold Bloom.
Chelsea House
2005
245 pages
$38.95
Hardcover
Bloom's modern critical views
PR5777
One of the fathers of modern science fiction, H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was the author of such popular tales as The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man. This volume presents a dozen essays by contemporary critics examining various aspects of his work. Sample topics include an analysis of two little-known romances by Wells and a comparison of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness to his early novels.
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