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The to-day and to-morrow reader : future speculations from the 1920s and early 1930s / edited by Max Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- To-day and to-morrow.
- Twentieth century--Forecasts.
- Twentieth century.
- Series (Publications)--History--20th century.
- Series (Publications).
- Books and reading--England--History--20th century.
- Books and reading.
- Books and reading--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 421 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- 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).
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Science and Technology
- Complete texts
- Daedalus, or, Science and the Future (1923) / J.B.S. Haldane
- Icarus, or, the Future of Science (1924) / Bertrand Russell
- Wireless Possibilities (1924) / A.M. Low
- Archimedes, or, The Future of Physics (1927) / L.L. Whyte
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul (1929) / J.D. Bernal
- Excerpts
- From: Prometheus, or, Biology and the Advancement of Man (1925) / H.S. Jennings
- From: Automaton, or, the Future of the Mechanical Man (1928) / H. Stafford Hatfield
- From: Eos, or, the Wider Aspects of Cosmogony (1928) / J.H. Jeans
- Part II. Society, Politics, and Gender
- Hypatia, or, Woman and Knowledge (1925) / Dora Russell
- What I Believe (1925) / Bertrand Russell
- Halcyon, or, The Future of Monogamy (1929) / Vera Brittain
- From: Quo Vadimus? Glimpses of the Future (1925) / E.E. Fournier d'Albe
- From: Kalki, or, the Future of Civilization (1929) / S. Radhakrishnan
- From: Chiron, or, the Education of a Citizen of the World (1931) / M. Chaning Pearce
- From: Aphrodite, or, The Future of Sexual Relationships (1931) / R. de Pomerai
- Part III. Culture, Media and the Arts
- Proteus, or, The Future of Intelligence (1925) / Vernon Lee
- Timotheus, or, The Future of the Theatre (1925) / Bonamy Dobrée
- The Future of Futurism (1926) / John Rodker
- From: Euterpe, or, The Future of Art (1926) / Lionel R. McColvin
- From: Scheherazade, or, The Future of the English Novel (1927) / John Carruthers (pseud. of J.Y.T. Greig)
- From: Lars Porsena, or, The Future of Swearing and Improper Language (1927) / Robert Graves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 03, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: To-day and to-morrow reader
- ISBN:
- 9781032625522
- 103262552X
- 9781040114964
- 1040114962
- 9781040115008
- 1040115004
- Publisher Number:
- 90100457761
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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