TY - BOOK AU - James,Simon J. TI - Maps of Utopia: H. G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture SN - 9780191640018 AV - PR5777.J345 2012eb U1 - 823.912 PY - 2012/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Wells, H. G. -- (Herbert George), -- 1866-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Of Art, Of Literature, Of Mr. H. G. Wells -- 2. The History of the Future: The Scientific Romances -- 3. The Uses of Literacy: Reading and Realism in Wells's Novels -- 4. The Idea of a Planned World: H. G. Wells's Utopias -- 5. Education and Catastrophe: The War and the World -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z N2 - This is the first study of the literary theories of H. G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his entire career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history, politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3056043 ER -