Partington, John S. 1973-

The reception of H.G. Wells in Europe by Patrick Parrinder ( )
16 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in English and held by 942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
H.G. Wells was described by one of his European critics as a 'seismograph of his age'. He is one of the founding fathers of modern science fiction, and as a novelist, essayist, educationalist and political propagandist his influence has been felt in every European country. This collection of essays by scholarly experts shows the varied and dramatic nature of Wells's reception, including translations, critical appraisals, novels and films on Wellsian themes, and responses to his own well-publicized visits to Russia and elsewhere. The authors chart the intense ideological debate that his writing

The life, music and thought of Woody Guthrie : a critical appraisal by John S Partington ( Book )
10 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Opstellen over de maatschappelijke en politieke betrokkenheid en invloed van de Amerikaanse folksinger (1912-1967)

Building cosmopolis : the political thought of H.G. Wells by John S Partington ( Book )
10 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The shape of things to come : the ultimate revolution by H. G Wells ( Book )
3 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy an unpublished dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, including a Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, and political instabilities in the Middle East." -- Back cover

H.G. Wells in Nature, 1893-1946 : a reception reader ( Book )
4 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 56 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

H.G. Wells's fin-de-siècle : twenty-first century reflections on the early H.G. Wells : selections from the Wellsian ( Book )
3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Wellsian : selected essays on H.G. Wells ( Book )
4 editions published between 2003 and 2005 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For this anthology John S. Partington has brought together some of the finest articles published in the Wellsian, the journal of the H.G. Wells Society, from 1981 through to the present day. They celebrate the thinking behind Wells exploring the philosophy of the great polymath

Clara Zetkin : national and international contexts ( Book )
2 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penguin Classics Introduction to The New Machiavelli by H.G. Wells by Simon J James ( )
2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Penguin Classics Introduction to The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells by Patrick Parrinder ( )
2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide