| The Time Machine: An Invention: A Critical Text of the 1895 London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786468696 ISBN-13: 9780786468690 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Subjects & Themes - Science Fiction & Fantasy - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Series: Annotated H.G. Wells |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 270 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Time Machine is one of the most enduring works of the English language. A hundred years after it was first published, the book continues to be studied. The 1895 London first edition is used as a basis for the exhaustive annotations and other critical apparatus of the world's foremost Wellsian scholar. The widely reprinted version of 1924 is also fully accounted for. For most students, one of the chief points of interest is what the novel signified to readers when it was first published and how it relates to Wells's later works. Accordingly, the annotations focus on these questions. The introduction gives in great depth the background of the work and its complex bibliographical history, and a synopsis of the literary conventions that Wells used. |