The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells was one of the leading literary figures and public intellectuals of the twentieth century. Famous today as a pioneering science fiction writer, Wells was also a prominent social and political thinker, journalist, historian, and political activist. His writings helped shape the intellectual life of the age. Yet up to now, there has not been a volume that addresses the full range of his work, influence, and accomplishments.

The Oxford Handbook of H. G. Wells aims to fill this gap. Bringing together a diverse group of scholars from literary studies, history, politics and sociology, this Handbook is the most wide-ranging scholarly account of Wells, placing his work in a fully global context and engaging with many issues of interest to scholars and readers across humanities and social sciences. This Handbook explores the development and influence of Wells ideas from the late nineteenth century until his death in 1946, as well as their circulation around the world. With chapters on gender, science, race, empire, ecology, and more, this volume is sure to appeal to a wide range of H.G. Wells scholars and fans.

Introduction, Duncan Bell And Sarah ColeSection I. Life1. Childhood, Family, and Relationships, Brenda Tyrrell2. Fame and the Life of a Public Figure, Michael Sherborne3. Wells and His Networks, Emelyne Godfrey4. The Air They Breathed: Readers and the Culture of Wellsianism, Robert CrossleySection II. Works5. The Time Machine: An Invention, Roger Luckhurst6. The Island of Doctor Moreau: The Precarity of Anthropogenic Change, Gretchen Braun7. The War of the Worlds: Aliens Forever at the Gate, Jed Esty8. Tono-Bungay: The Discourse of Value, Gauri Viswanathan9. Mr Britling SeesItThrough: Wells among the Non-Combatants, Debra Rae Cohen10. Short Fiction, Adam Roberts11. The Outline of History: Education or Catastrophe, Steven Mclean12. The Shape of Things to Come: "Ideas in Chaos and Society in Collapse", Darryl Jones13. Well's Late Novels: Art and the Rise of Fascism, Tiziano de MarinoSection III. Genre, Form, and Literary Movements14. Wells and the Fin de Siècle, Simon J. James15. The Revolution Inside Wells's War, Vincent Sherry16. Wells and Science Fiction, David Seed17. Kinetic Satire: Science Fiction in Wells's Shadow, John Plotz18. Wells and Modernism, Sarah Cole19. Wells and Periodical Literature, Will Tattersdill20. Wells and the Gothic, Patrick Parrinder21. Wells and the Post-Apocalyptic Imagination, Eileen M. HuntSection IV. Science and Technology22. Wells and the Politics of Evolution, Piers J. Hale23. Wells and Bio-Utopianism: Eugenic and Transhumanist Modes, Maren Linett24. Wells: "The Eugenist who destroyed Eugenics", Angelique Richardson25. Wells and Time, Charles M. Tung26. Wells and the Anthropocene, David Shackleton27. Wells and Radio, Emily C. Bloom28. Wells, Cinema, and Related Media, Keith WilliamsSection V. Politics and Society29. Wells among His Feminist Peers, Carey Snyder30. Wells and the Future, Max Saunders31. Wells and Sociological Method, Megan Faragher32. Wells and the Educational Impulse, Lisa M. Lane33. Wells and Utopianism, Gregory Claeys34. Wells and Socialism, Richard Toye35. Wells and Human Rights, Emma Planinc36. Wells on Christianity and Secularism, Suzanne Hobson37. Wells on War, Jeremy Withers38. Wells and the City, Amanda ReesSection VI. Global Wells39. Wells and Empire: A Convenience and Not a God, Duncan Bell40. Wells and the Idea of Race, De Witt Douglas Kilgore41. Wells and the World State, Maxim Shadurski42. Wells in China, Li Guangyi And Huang Yafei43. Wells and Early Twentieth-Century Bangla Science Fiction, Suparno Banerjee44. Wells and Japan: Adapting Evolution, Kimiyo Ogawa45. Wells in Russia, Galya Diment46. Wells and the North American Literary Market, Lise JaillantSection VII. Epilogue47. Time Traveling, Felix J. Palma