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Descrizione libro Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - What was the world like for people thousands of years ago How can we know Through fiction This is a work of literary criticism, and more. It begins with a discussion of the problem of authenticity and then considers twelve pieces of fiction that depict human prehistory:H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau, Pierre Boulle's The Planet of the Apes, Jules Verne's The Village in the Treetops, Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot, the struggle for legitimacy in Wells' ''The Grisly Folk,'' the Tasmanian analogue in Lester Del Rey's ''The Day Is Done,'' William Golding's The Inheritors, ''the promise of humanity'' in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, the theme of ''a god among the heathen'' in Wells' ''The Lord of the Dynamos'' and other works, Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear, J.H. Rosny-Aine's Quest for Fire, and Wells' The Time Machine: An Invention.A final chapter considers the paleoanthropologist as literary critic. Codice articolo 9780786414178
Descrizione libro Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Can we know what the world was like for people thousands of years ago through reading fiction? This text begins with a discussion of the problem of authenticity and then considers 12 literary works, which include H.G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau . Codice articolo 874222668