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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2026.
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| Series: | Bloomsbury studies in the humanities, ageing and later life.
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| Summary: | 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 it mean to live forever? |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 224 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350374713 1350374717 9781350374751 135037475X |