H. G. Wells and the Modern Novel

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Wells and the Novel....Pages 3-23
The Great Debate....Pages 24-41
The Frame and the Picture....Pages 42-57
Experiments with Time....Pages 58-70
Back Matter....Pages 212-213
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
The Time Machine: the Riddle of the Sphinx....Pages 73-84
Tono-Bungay: the Divided Self....Pages 85-102
The History of Mr Polly: Paradise Regained....Pages 103-114
Boon: the Novelist Dissected....Pages 115-125
Men Like Gods: the End of Innocence....Pages 126-143
The World of William Clissold: a Writer Surveys his World....Pages 144-158
Mr Blettsworthy on Rampole Island: the Novel as Fable....Pages 159-169
The Croquet Player: the Heart of Darkness....Pages 170-180
The Brothers: the Shattered Mirror....Pages 181-192
You Can’t Be Too Careful: the Novel as Parody....Pages 193-206
Back Matter....Pages 213-216
Back Matter....Pages 207-224