The To-day and To-morrow Reader (eBook, PDF)

Future Speculations from the 1920s and Early 1930s
Redaktion: Saunders, Max

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The To-day and To-morrow book series (1923-31) was a publishing phenomenon - over 100 short books choosing a particular subject, outlining its present state, and then speculating about its future. This Reader brings together some of the best work in the series, including eleven complete volumes and substantial extracts from ten more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 430
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040114964
• Artikelnr.: 72282934

Autorenporträt

Max Saunders is Interdisciplinary Professor of Modern Literature and Culture at the University of Birmingham. He directed the Arts and Humanities Research Institute at King's College London. He works on modernism, future thinking, life writing, and visual culture. His books include Imagined Futures: Writing, Science, and Modernity in the To-Day and To-Morrow Book Series, 1923-31 (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Science and Technology Complete texts J. B. S. Haldane
Daedalus; or
Science and the Future (1923) Bertrand Russell
Icarus; or
the Future of Science (1924) A. M. Low
Wireless Possibilities (1924) L. L. Whyte
Archimedes; or
the Future of Physics (1927) J. D. Bernal
The World
the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul (1929) Excerpts From: H. S. Jennings
Prometheus; or
Biology and the Advancement of Man (1925) From: H. Stafford Hatfield
Automaton; or
the Future of the Mechanical Man (1928) From: J. H. Jeans
Eos; or
the Wider Aspects of Cosmogony (1929) Part II: Society
Politics
and Gender Complete texts Dora Russell
Hypatia; or
Woman and Knowledge (1925) Bertrand Russell
What I Believe (1925) Vera Brittain
Halcyon; or
the Future of Monogamy (1929) Excerpts From: E. E Fournier d'Albe
Quo Vadimus? Some Glimpses of the Future (1925) From: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Kalki; or
the Future of Civilization (1929) From: M. Chaning Pearce
Chiron; or
the Education of a Citizen of the World (1931) From: Ralph de Pomerai
Aphrodite; or
the Future of Sexual Relationships (1931) Part III: Culture
Media
and the Arts Complete texts Vernon Lee
Proteus; or
the Future of Intelligence (1925) Bonamy Dobrée
Timotheus; or
the Future of the Theatre (1925) John Rodker
The Future of Futurism (1926) Excerpts From: Lionel R. McColvin
Euterpe; or
the Future of Art (1926) From: 'John Carruthers' (pseud. of J. Y. T. Greig)
Scheherazade; or
the future of the English Novel (1927) From: Robert Graves
Lars Porsena; or
the Future of Swearing and Improper Language (1927) Index