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H.G. Wells and the Culminating Ape: Biological Imperatives and Imaginative Obsessions.(Review)

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From: Utopian Studies
Date: 19990101
Author:Seeber, Hans Ulrich

Peter Kemp. H.G. Wells and the Culminating Ape: Biological Imperatives and Imaginative Obsessions. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 232 pp. $17.95.

PETER KEMP HAS WRITTEN a good book. First of all, it impresses by its bold inclusiveness. Kemp bases his argument on nothing less than Wells's entire output. Texts which are usually not treated by other authors, such as The Secret Places of the Heart (1922) and many other rather remote writings, form just as much part of the argument as the familiar highlights. Kemp's sheer knowledge, evidenced by a veritable downpour of ...

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