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The Spark of Modernism: Twenty Speculative Stories and Writings That Defined an Era, 1886-1939
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ISBN13: 9781476691091
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 9 2023
Pages: 274
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Between the years of 1886 and 1939, the world saw the first automobiles, rapid urbanization, the decay of empires, vast economic inequality, the first airplanes and the terrifying secrets of the atom. It was a time of cataclysmic cultural and technological transformation, and spawned the rise of the literary genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
This work assembles gems of late nineteenth and early twentieth century genre literature, including stories by such literary giants as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, A. Merritt and E. M. Forster, as well as smaller authors like Clare Winger Harris, Marie Corelli, William Hope Hodgson and others. An array of incisive nonfiction pieces on cultural and scientific advances of the time period provides a context for the anthology's stories.
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