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Wells Meets Deleuze: The Scientific Romances Reconsidered

Wells Meets Deleuze: The Scientific Romances Reconsidered

Paperback

Series: Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Book 57

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1476668353
ISBN13: 9781476668352
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: May 31 2017
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

The writings of H.G. Wells have had a profound influence on literary and cinematic depictions of the present and the possible future, and modern science fiction continues to be indebted to his scientific romances, such as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds and The Island of Doctor Moreau. Interpreted and adapted for more than a century, Wells's texts have resisted easy categorization and are perennial subjects for emerging critical and theoretical perspectives. The author examines Wells's works through the post-structuralist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Via this critical perspective, concepts now synonymous with science fiction--such as time travel, alien invasion and transhumanism--demonstrate the intrinsic relevance of Wells to the genre and contemporary thought.

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