Science, fiction, and the fin-de-siècle periodical press
Auteur :
Tattersdill, Will
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107144651
Date de publication :
29 mars 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This fascinating study explores the ways in which fin-de-siècle periodicals portrayed science, both imaginatively and intellectually. It shows how general interest magazines and those who wrote for them, particularly H. G. Wells, contributed to the birth of a new genre: science fiction.