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The Picshuas of H. G. Wells - A Burlesque Diary (Hardcover)
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The Picshuas of H. G. Wells - A Burlesque Diary (Hardcover)
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H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was a literary lion throughout his career,
publishing more than one hundred books, including classics such as
"War of the Worlds", "The Invisible Man", and "The Time Machine".
Though best remembered for his science fiction, Wells was also a
prolific sketcher who frequently enlivened his correspondence and
marginalia with cartoons. Those drawings made for his companion Amy
Catherine Robbins, which he called "picshuas", allowed him a
vehicle for his nuanced self-expression and satire. Gene K. Rinkel
and Margaret E. Rinkel's "The Picshuas of H.G. Wells" interprets
these highly original cartoons through an analysis of their
peculiar content and style based on Wells' life and writings. The
picshuas are perhaps the best demonstration of Wells' piquant sense
of humor. They provide intriguing snapshots of Wells' robust
private life and convey his opinions about other writers and public
figures as well as himself, whose rotund cartoon figure he
sometimes lampooned as "the Great Author". Using a narrative style
of creative nonfiction, "The Picshuas of H.G. Wells" weaves facts
from Wells' life with incidents reflected in the cartoons, episodes
drawn from his novels, and scenes from other writings to provide
glimpses into his moments of his personal and professional conflict
and triumph. There emerges a fascinating and funny portrait of a
complex literary personality and his complicated relationship with
a devoted collaborator, his wife. Some forty picshuas were
published in Wells' Experiment in Autobiography, but the wide range
of the pichsuas throughout his correspondence and private papers
has never been surveyed and published until now. As an ensemble,
they provide close look at the Great Author in his most joyous and
uninhibited moments, laughing at himself and the world.
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