New Worlds for Old: The Apocalyptic Imagination, Science Fiction, and American Literature

KETTERER, David

Indiana University Press

The 19th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts was focused on the centennial of the initial publication of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. Wells's first and fourth novels, The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds, have together largely created the science fiction genre and are arguably the two most influential works of science fiction. But through his works Wells has had an even broader influence on the fantastic, and numerous writers, artists, and musicians are indebted to him. This volume includes selected essays from the 19th annual ICFA and gives special attention to Wells and his legacy.
The first section of the book offers fresh interpretations of The War of the Worlds, particularly as a commentary on colonialism. The second provides broader coverage of Wells and his works, with essays examining his A Modern Utopia and looking at texts which his writings inspired in major or minor ways. The third includes essays on noted fantasy writer Peter Straub, the guest of honor at the conference; while the fourth presents discussions of a variety of topics related to the fantastic, including fantastic neomedievalism, Dracula, and dragons.

Flashes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the War of the Worlds Centennial, Nineteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts ... to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Praeger

Examines Poe's writings in terms of the theme of false reality and the inability to discover truth

The Rationale of Deception in Poe (Southern Literary Studies)

History & Criticism

Louisiana State Univ Pr

Charles Heber Clark (1841-1915) was a Philadelphia journalist/author (and eventually a wealthy businessman) who often wrote under the pseudonym «Max Adeler.» A leading figure among the Literary Comedians of the 1870s, his international reputation as a humorist was established by the sucess of his first book, Out of the Hurly-Burly in 1874. Clark's autobiography A Familiy Memoir - published here for the first time - supplies much needed missing information about his life and career, and is a unique source for those interested in the social, political, and economic history of his era. In addition to providing an introduction and bibliography of Clark's works (and a secondary bibliography), David Ketterer argues in an appendix that Clark/Adeler's «Professor Baffin's Adventures» of 1880 (reproduced in facsimile) inspired Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

A Family Memoir: The Autobiography of the American Humorist «Max Adeler» (American University Studies)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish

Kent State Univ Pr

Frankenstein's Creation: The Book, The Monster, and the Human Reality (Els Monograph)

English Literary Studies

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