Fictions of radical life extension : living forever from the Fin de Siècle to the first world war /

The first book-length study of fictions of radical life extension, from writers such as H. G. Wells and J. M. Barrie, this book recovers a major but as-yet unrecognized trend in literature and culture from 1878-1918, taking the form of literary thought experiments that pose the question. What would...

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Main Author:	Green, James Aaron (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
Series:	Bloomsbury studies in the humanities, ageing and later life.
Subjects:	Immortalism in literature. English fiction > History and criticism. American fiction > History and criticism. Longevity in literature.