Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

H.G. Wells and the Short Story

  • Book
  • © 1992

Overview

Authors:
  1. J. R. Hammond
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Wells and the Short Story

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 3-18

    3. The Frontiers of Art

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 19-28

    4. A Checklist of Wells’s Short Stories

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 29-39

  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Suburban Gardens

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 43-57

    3. Mysterious Worlds

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 59-74

    4. A Hideous Grimace

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 75-88

    5. The Magic Crystal

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 89-102

    6. The Man Alone

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 103-113

    7. Lost Orientations

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 115-131

    8. First and Last Things

      • J. R. Hammond
      Pages 133-148

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 149-175
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

H.G. Wells is justly famous as a writer of short stories, but for too long the originality of his contribution in this field has been unacknowledged. The present study argues that in his short stories Wells was not simply emulating the styles and themes of his predecessors but making a distinctive contribution to the genre grounded firmly in his approach to fiction. The study demonstrates that Wells's short stories merit far closer critical attention than they have yet received and possess considerable psychological and symbolic insight.

About the author

J.R.HAMMOND

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation