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A Prophet Looking Backwards: H. G. Wells's Curriculum for the Future

James, Simon J.

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H. G. Wells was a literary writer very closely involved in education. From his early career as a teacher and his first writings onward, his work always attempts to instruct. This article considers Wells's involvement with the teaching of history. Novels such as Joan and Peter discuss the ideas which led to Wells's writing The Outline of History, which Wells hoped would found a World State and end war between nations.

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James, S. J. (2008). A Prophet Looking Backwards: H. G. Wells's Curriculum for the Future. English, 57(218), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efn010

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2008
Deposit Date Jan 9, 2009
Publicly Available Date Jul 15, 2010
Journal English: Journal of the English Association
Print ISSN 0013-8215
Electronic ISSN 1756-1124
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 57
Issue 218
Pages 107-124
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efn010

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This is a pre-copy-editing author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in English following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, James, Simon J. (2008) 'A prophet looking backwards : H. G. Wells's curriculum for the future.', English., 57 (218). pp. 107-124 is available online at: http://english.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/218/107





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