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First published in 1897, H.G. Wells's alien invasion narrative The War of the Worlds was a landmark work of science fiction and one that continues to be adapted and referenced in the 21st century. Chronicling the novel's contexts, its origins and its many multi-media adaptations, this book is a complete biography of the life - and the afterlives - of The War of the Worlds . Exploring the original text's compelling sense of place and vivid recreation of Wells's Woking home and the concerns of fin-de-si cle Britain, the book goes on to chart the novel's immediate international impact. Starting with the initial serialisations in US newspapers, Peter Beck goes on to examine Orson Welles's legendary 1938 radio adaptation, TV and film adaptations from George Pal to Steven Spielberg, Jeff Wayne's rock opera and the numerous other works that have taken their inspiration from Wells's original. Drawing on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the continuing impact of The War of the Worlds .

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1474229875
ISBN-13
9781474229876
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Author
Peter J. Beck
Publication Name
War of the Worlds : from H. G. Wells to Orson Welles, Jeff Wayne, Steven Spielberg and Beyond
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
408 Pages

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9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20 Oz

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This history of a classic novel, traced from the first inspiration through to twenty-first-century adaptations, is also an engaging portrait of the young Wells in the crucial year he spent at Woking: the year he drafted the book, established his literary career, founded modern science fiction - and, given the impact of Wells's work, the year that changed history.Accessible, authoritative and engaging: this is an unmissable traveller's guide to the World of H.G. Wells's War., "This substantial study ... should certainly now be the first port of call for anyone wanting to understand the context of the novel's creation. Beck's is very much an historian's analysis, the product of exhaustive and fruitful research into many abstruse archival sources far beyond the scope of the standard literary study ... Professor Beck should be highly commended for this major, readable, and always interesting addition to Wellsian scholarship." - Science Fiction Studies
Table of Content
List of Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface List of Abbreviations Herbert George Wells: chronology H.G. Wells: Books published, 1895-1900 Map: H.G. Wells and The War of the Worlds Part I: Introduction 1. H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds : an enduring present-day story 2. Wells's powerful sense of place 3. Wells's strong sense of time: contextualising The War of the Worlds Part II: Writing and publishing The War of the Worlds 4.Wells's personal setting 5. Struggling for recognition as a new writer 6 . Wells's 'literary factory' in Woking 7. Writing The War of the Worlds 8 . The War of the Worlds : storyline and methodology 9. Leaving Woking for Worcester Park Part III: Taking Wells's The War of the Worlds to the world in an ever-expanding range of multimedia adaptations 10 . The War of the Worlds 's multimedia afterlife 11. Wells's Martians invade Boston and New York: serialising The War of the Worlds in American newspapers, 1897-98 12. Wells's Martians invade the USA yet again: Orson Welles' 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast 13. 'Those Men from Mars' invade the Americas and Europe again and again after 1938: the power of radio drama 14 . The War of the Worlds reaches cinema and television screens around the world: the Hollywood films of 1953 and 2005 15 . The War of the Worlds inspires Jeff Wayne's rock opera and reaches the music stage around the world Part IV: The War of the Worlds 's Literary Heritage 16 . The War of the Worlds 's literary heritage Part V: Conclusion 17. Conclusion Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Science Fiction & Fantasy, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey Decimal
823.8
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism

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