Colby, Vineta. Vernon Lee: A Literary Biography. University of Virginia Press.
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H. G. Wells
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Standard Name: Wells, H. G.
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began writing in his childhood and publishing just before the close of the nineteenth century. He was a journalist, novelist, historian and autobiographer, whose favourite fictional genres are science fiction on one hand and on the other realistic explorations of social and political conditions, including women's issues.
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| Connections | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cecily Mackworth | CM
later wrote that the search for love was interwoven with many events of her life; she felt her judgement was poor in matters of the heart, and connected this with the loss of her... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Ling Shuhua | During his youth, Chen
spent a decade in Britain, studying literature at Edinburgh University, then moving to the |
| Friends, Associates | Vernon Lee | VL
initiated a friendship with H. G. Wells
with a letter admiring his novels. They ended this friendship at the outset of World War I because of diverging political views. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Vernon Lee | |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Philip Larkin | The latter of these, discussing a book called H. G. Wells
in Love, drew two strong statements from Larkin about sexual double standards. The first was that Wells's radical sexual conduct depended on the... |
| Literary responses | Margaret Kennedy | The novel's initial favourable reviews came from an earlier generation of authors, including George Moore
, A. E. Housman
, Thomas Hardy
, Arnold Bennett
, J. M. Barrie
, and H. G. Wells
... |
| politics | Storm Jameson | |
| Occupation | Storm Jameson | SJ
's work on behalf of the imprisoned and the exiled required her to spend an immense amount of time and energy in diverse literary, social, and political circles. Joanna Labon
asserts that [u]nder Jameson's... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Storm Jameson | Jameson briefly praises the writings of Mansfield
, Conrad
, Hardy
, and James
, along with Willa Cather
and Sinclair Lewis
. However, she concentrates her study on the way other Georgian authors have... |
| Textual Features | Muriel Jaeger | MJ
's introduction says that the world of this novel is a Bellamy-Morris-Wells world. Stratton, Susan. “Muriel Jaeger’s <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘m’>The Question Mark</span>, a Response to Bellamy and Wells”. Foundation, No. 80, pp. 62-9. 65 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Violet Hunt | VH
had an affair with H. G. Wells
while he was married to his second wife
and also involved with author Dorothy Richardson
. Belford, Barbara. Violet. Simon and Schuster. 118 |
| Leisure and Society | Violet Hunt | VH
hosted luncheons for Radclyffe Hall
, Bram Stoker
, H. G. Wells
and others at the Writers' Club
in Bruton Street. She later claimed: It was the first really literary and journalistic women's... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Violet Hunt | VH
was fascinated by the mysterious throughout her life. As a small girl, she loved to listen to her mother talk about the White Lady, a spirit haunting the kitchen of Margaret Hunt
's... |
| Fictionalization | Violet Hunt | In addition to the autobiographical strain running through some of her own work, VH
inspired characters created by several other writers. She is reimagined as Carlotta Peel in Sacred and Profane Love (1905) by Arnold Bennett |
| Education | Mary Gawthorpe | MG
's later educational endeavours continued through 1904-5, running concurrently with teaching (as the family breadwinner) and increasing political activity. She felt as if this was a private obsession, which would be incomprehensible to anyone... |
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