When the Sleeper Wakes: A Critical Text of the 1899 New York and London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices by H G Wells (Hardcover, 1999)
Critics rightly view When the Sleeper Wakes as a prototype of the anti-utopian novel, a genre developed by Zamyatin, Huxley, and Orwell into nightmare futures associated with the totalitarian age and the moral horrors of fascism and communism. Suppose, however, that Wells rather favored unlawful statist controls, if justified in a good cause by his own ideological lights? This is one possibility explored in the apparatus to the present edition. Annotated by the worlds leading Wellsian scholar, in Sleeper is found a greater measure of artistry and characterization than is usually accorded it. As a complex work combining technological with social speculation, Sleeper is unmatched for canniness in the history of futuristic literature. Indeed, its aeronautical details influenced the Wright Brothers in the design of their flyer, and the novel predicts the promotion of airplanes as a weapon, a prophecy dramatically fulfilled in the twentieth century. This exhaustive critical edition follows other influential titles in the series and features a lengthy introduction, appendices, bibliography and index, and a frontispiece taken from the original 1899 edition.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Mcfarland & Co Inc
ISBN-13
9780786406661
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96219666
Product Key Features
Book Title
When the Sleeper Wakes: A Critical Text of the 1899 New York and London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices
Author
H G Wells
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1999
Number of Pages
465 Pages
Dimensions
Volume
05
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
H G Wells
Series Title
Annotated H. G. Wells
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Leon Stover
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