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H. G. Wells and the Culminating Ape

Biological Imperatives and Imaginative Obsessions

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  • © 1996

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  1. Peter Kemp
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Wells and Biology

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Edible Predator: Wells and Food

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 7-72

  4. The Slave Goddess: Wells and Sex

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 73-118

  5. The Redeveloped Basement: Wells and Habitat

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 119-144

  6. The Pugnacious Pacifist: Wells and Survival-Mechanisms

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 145-186

  7. The Grand Earthly: Wells and Self-Image

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 187-214

  8. Postscript (1996): Stains and Whitewash

    • Peter Kemp
    Pages 215-220

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 221-232
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H.G. Wells's view of the world - and hence his writing - was strongly influenced by the biologist's training he received during his three years as a student at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington (now Imperial College, London). Those things which a creature needs in order for it and its species to thrive get particular attention in Wells's books. Tracing biological themes through Wells's work, as Peter Kemp does here, shows the pattern of his thought and brings to light the bizarre workings of a fascinating imagination. For the book's reissue in paperback, an afterword has been added.

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