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A Modern Utopia (Penguin Classics)[现代乌托邦]

A Modern Utopia (Penguin Classics)[现代乌托邦]

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作者: H. G. 著 , Gregory Claeys 著 , Gregory Claeys 编

出版社: Penguin Books

出版时间: 2006-04

ISBN: 9780141441122

定价: 125.80

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 320页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Penguin Modern Classics

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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Althoughbestknownforhisscientificromancesthatpavedthewayforthemodernsciencefictiongenre,H.G.Wells(1866-1946)producedsignificantworksonpolitics,society,scienceandhistory.Thanksinparttohisteacher,T.H.Huxley,WellsbecamequiteinterestedintheworksofwellknownscientistslikeCharlesDarwin,andadmiredtheirabilitytoimagineandthinkbeyondtheirtimes.Whenwritinghis1905novel,"AModernUtopia",WellsdrewuponDarwinismtotracehumanity'sevolutionandcreatesomethinglikeaworldstateonadistantplanetthatisidenticaltoEarth.Thisnovel,whichblendsfictionandphilosophy,presentsasocialisticUtopiansociety,inwhichthewholeworldsharesacommonlanguage,capitalpunishmenthasbeenabolished,thereisgenderequality,andeveryindividualsharestheplanfor"comprehensiveonwarddevelopment".WhileacknowledgingthatamodernUtopiaisessentiallyimpossible,Wellscomesclosetosuchaworldinthisfascinatingandeerilypropheticnovel. HerbertGeorgeWellswasborninBromley,Kent,England,onSeptember21,1866.Hisfatherwasaprofessionalcricketerandsometimeshopkeeper,hismotheraformerlady’smaid.Although"Bertie"leftschoolatfourteentobecomeadraper’sapprentice(alifehedetested),helaterwonascholarshiptotheNormalSchoolofScienceinLondon,wherehestudiedwiththefamousThomasHenryHuxley.Hebegantosellarticlesandshortstoriesregularlyin1893.In1895,hisimmediatelysuccessfulnovelrescuedhimfromalifeofpenuryonaschoolteacher’ssalary.Hisother"scientificromances"—TheIslandofDr.Moreau(1896),TheInvisibleMan(1897),TheWaroftheWorlds(1898),TheFirstMenintheMoon(1901),andTheWarintheAir(1908)—wonhimdistinctionasthefatherofsciencefiction.HenryJamessawinWellsthemostgiftedwriteroftheage,butWells,havingcoinedthephrase"thewarthatwillendwar"todescribeWorldWarI,becameincreasinglydisillusionedandfocusedhisattentiononeducatingmankindwithhisbestsellingOutlineofHistory(1920)andhislaterutopianworks.Livinguntil1946,Wellswitnessedaworldmoreterriblethananyofhisimaginativevisions,andhebitterlyobserved:"Realityhastakenaleaffrommybookandsetitselftosupercedeme."
FrancisWheenisajournalist,author,andbroadcaster.

GregoryClaeysisahistorianattheUniversityofRoyalHolloway,London.
GregoryClaeysisahistorianattheUniversityofRoyalHolloway,London.
内容简介:
Althoughbestknownforhisscientificromancesthatpavedthewayforthemodernsciencefictiongenre,H.G.Wells(1866-1946)producedsignificantworksonpolitics,society,scienceandhistory.Thanksinparttohisteacher,T.H.Huxley,WellsbecamequiteinterestedintheworksofwellknownscientistslikeCharlesDarwin,andadmiredtheirabilitytoimagineandthinkbeyondtheirtimes.Whenwritinghis1905novel,"AModernUtopia",WellsdrewuponDarwinismtotracehumanity'sevolutionandcreatesomethinglikeaworldstateonadistantplanetthatisidenticaltoEarth.Thisnovel,whichblendsfictionandphilosophy,presentsasocialisticUtopiansociety,inwhichthewholeworldsharesacommonlanguage,capitalpunishmenthasbeenabolished,thereisgenderequality,andeveryindividualsharestheplanfor"comprehensiveonwarddevelopment".WhileacknowledgingthatamodernUtopiaisessentiallyimpossible,Wellscomesclosetosuchaworldinthisfascinatingandeerilypropheticnovel.
作者简介:
HerbertGeorgeWellswasborninBromley,Kent,England,onSeptember21,1866.Hisfatherwasaprofessionalcricketerandsometimeshopkeeper,hismotheraformerlady’smaid.Although"Bertie"leftschoolatfourteentobecomeadraper’sapprentice(alifehedetested),helaterwonascholarshiptotheNormalSchoolofScienceinLondon,wherehestudiedwiththefamousThomasHenryHuxley.Hebegantosellarticlesandshortstoriesregularlyin1893.In1895,hisimmediatelysuccessfulnovelrescuedhimfromalifeofpenuryonaschoolteacher’ssalary.Hisother"scientificromances"—TheIslandofDr.Moreau(1896),TheInvisibleMan(1897),TheWaroftheWorlds(1898),TheFirstMenintheMoon(1901),andTheWarintheAir(1908)—wonhimdistinctionasthefatherofsciencefiction.HenryJamessawinWellsthemostgiftedwriteroftheage,butWells,havingcoinedthephrase"thewarthatwillendwar"todescribeWorldWarI,becameincreasinglydisillusionedandfocusedhisattentiononeducatingmankindwithhisbestsellingOutlineofHistory(1920)andhislaterutopianworks.Livinguntil1946,Wellswitnessedaworldmoreterriblethananyofhisimaginativevisions,andhebitterlyobserved:"Realityhastakenaleaffrommybookandsetitselftosupercedeme."
FrancisWheenisajournalist,author,andbroadcaster.

GregoryClaeysisahistorianattheUniversityofRoyalHolloway,London.
GregoryClaeysisahistorianattheUniversityofRoyalHolloway,London.

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