The Reception of H.G. Wells in Europe

by Patrick Parrinder (Editor), John S. Partington (Editor), Elinor Shaffer (Editor)

Overview

H.G. Wells was described by one of his European critics as a 'seismograph of his age'. He is one of the founding fathers of modern science fiction, and as a novelist, essayist, educationalist and political propagandist his influence has been felt in every European country. This collection of essays by scholarly experts shows the varied and dramatic nature of Wells's reception, including translations, critical appraisals, novels and films on Wellsian themes, and responses to his own well-publicized visits to Russia and elsewhere. The authors chart the intense ideological debate that his writings occasioned, particularly in the inter-war years, and the censorship of his books in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain. This book offers pioneering insights into Wells's contribution to 20th century European literature and to modern political ideas, including the idea of European union.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826462534
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	07/12/2005
Series:	The Reception of British and Irish Authors in Europe
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Elinor Shaffer, FBA, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, has published on Romantic and Victorian literature, is author of 'Kubla Khan' and The Fall of Jerusalem: The Mythological School of Biblical Criticism and Secular Literature, edited the annual jourbanal Comparative Criticism, and most recently has contributed to Samuel Butler: Victorian Against the Grain.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Timeline: European Reception of H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder
Abbreviations
Introduction, Patrick Parrinder
FRENCH
1. H. G. Wells's Critical Reception in France, Joseph Altairac, trans. Barbara Ghiringhelli
2. Henry-D. Davray and Mercure de France, Annie Escuret
RUSSIAN
3. Future Perfect: H. G. Wells and Bolshevik Russia, 1917-1932, Roger Cockrell
4. H. G. Wells in Russian Literary Criticism, 1890s-1940s, Adelaida Lyubimova and Boris Proskurbanin
5. Russia Revisited, Vera Shamina and Maria Kozyreva
GERMAN
6. White Elephants and Black Machines: H. G. Wells and German Culture, 1920-1945, Elmar Schenkel
7. Ignorance, Opportunism, Propaganda, and Dissent: The Reception of H. G. Wells in Nazi Germany, Richard Nate
POLISH
8. H. G. Wells's Polish Reception, Andrzej Juszczyk
9. On Translations of H. G. Wells's Work into Polish, Julius K. Palczewski
CZECH
10. A Welcome Guest: the Czech Reception of H. G. Wells, Bohuslav Manek
HUNGARY
11. Critics and Apologists of H. G. Wells in Interwar Hungary, Gabriella Voo
12. The Puzzle of the Connection between H. G. Wells and the Hungarian Frigyes Karinthy, Katalin Csala
ITALIAN
13. H. G. Wells, Italian Futurism and Marinetti's The Untamables (Gli Indomabili), Maria Teresa Chialant
CATALAN
14. An Approximation of H. G. Wells's Impact on Catalonia, Teresa Iribarren i Donadeu
SPANISH
15. H. G. Wells and the Discourse of Censorship in Franco's Spain, Alberto Lazaro
PORTUGUESE
16. News from Nowhere: Portuguese Dialogues with H. G. Wells, Jose Manuel Mota
IRISH
17. Clashing Utopias: H. G. Wells and Catholic Ireland, Lucian Ashworth
FRENCH AND RUSSIAN SCIENCE FICTION
18. A Tale of Two Science Fictions: H. G. Wells in France and the Soviet Union, George Slusser and Daniele Chatelain
EUROPEAN FILM
19. 'The Invisible Wells' in European Cinema and Television, Nicoletta Vallorani
EUROPEAN UNIFICATION
20. H. G. Wells and the International Paneuropean Union, John S. Partington
Bibliography
Index.