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Mars Fever

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About the lecture

In this module, we think about the War of the Worlds as a speculative response to the ‘Mars fever’ that was gripping the popular imagination by the 1890s, focusing in particular on how Wells’ predecessors imagined the relationship between humans and Martians and how these differ from Wells’ presentation in The War of the Worlds.

About the lecturer

Dr Keith Williams is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Dundee. His research interests include the literature and culture of the pre-1945 period (with a special emphasis on H.G. Wells and James Joyce) as well as in writing and cinematicity, documentary and reportage. His recent publications include H.G. Wells, Modernity and the Movies (Liverpool, 2007) and (ed. with Steven Matthews) Rewriting the Thirties: Modernism & After (London, 1997).

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Williams, K. (2018, August 15). H. G. Wells (1866-1946) - Mars Fever [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://massolit.io/options/h-g-wells-1866-1946?auth=0&lesson=1999&option=5821&type=lesson

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Williams, K. "H. G. Wells (1866-1946) – Mars Fever." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 15 Aug 2018, https://massolit.io/options/h-g-wells-1866-1946?auth=0&lesson=1999&option=5821&type=lesson