H.G. Wells, modernity and the movies / Keith Williams.
Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2007. Description: 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781846310607; 1846310601 (pbk.)Subject(s): Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Film adaptations | Science fiction, English -- Film adaptations | Science fiction films -- History and criticismDDC classification: 791.436 LOC classification: PR5778. | F55W55 2007Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
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
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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