H.G. Wells, modernity and the movies /
Williams, Keith, 1958-
H.G. Wells, modernity and the movies / Keith Williams. - Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007. - 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 35 .
Includes bibliography: (p. [247]-268) and index.
Chapter 1 Optical Speculations in the Early Writings: The Time Machine and the Short Stories Chapter 2 The Dis/Appearance of the Subject: Wells, Whale and The Invisible Man Chapter 3 ‘Seeing the Future’: Visual Technology and Urban Dystopia in When the Sleeper Wakes and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Chapter 4 The ‘Broadbrow’ and the Big Screen: Wells’s Film Writing Things to Come and The Man Who Could Work Miracles Chapter 5 Afterimages: Adaptations and Influences
9781846310607 1846310601 (pbk.)
2008371065
GBA874636 bnb
014484120 Uk
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 --Film adaptations.
Science fiction, English--Film adaptations.
Science fiction films--History and criticism.
PR5778. / F55W55 2007
791.436
H.G. Wells, modernity and the movies / Keith Williams. - Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007. - 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. - Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 35 .
Includes bibliography: (p. [247]-268) and index.
Chapter 1 Optical Speculations in the Early Writings: The Time Machine and the Short Stories Chapter 2 The Dis/Appearance of the Subject: Wells, Whale and The Invisible Man Chapter 3 ‘Seeing the Future’: Visual Technology and Urban Dystopia in When the Sleeper Wakes and Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Chapter 4 The ‘Broadbrow’ and the Big Screen: Wells’s Film Writing Things to Come and The Man Who Could Work Miracles Chapter 5 Afterimages: Adaptations and Influences
9781846310607 1846310601 (pbk.)
2008371065
GBA874636 bnb
014484120 Uk
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946 --Film adaptations.
Science fiction, English--Film adaptations.
Science fiction films--History and criticism.
PR5778. / F55W55 2007
791.436