FPG (Greve/Grove)'s Translations:
H. G. Wells
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F. P. Greve's H. G. Wells Translations: | |||
 Greve's Portrait, 1902 ©gd June 2005 |
| Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Title: Ausblicke auf die Folgen des technischen und wissenschaftlichen Fortschritts für Leben und Denken des Menschen / H. G. Wells ; Deutsche, vom Autor genehmigte, Übertragung von Felix Paul Greve. -- Published: Minden i. Westf. : J.C.C. Bruns' Verlag, [pref. May 1905]. Description: 384 p. ; 20 cm. -- Contents: Vorbemerkung, [pp.ix-xi ; signed "Mai 1905, F.P.G."]. -- Mechanische Fortbewegung im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert. -- Die wahrscheinliche Zerstreuung grosser Städte. -- Sich entwickelnde soziale Elemente. -- Gewisse soziale Reaktionen. -- Die Lebensgeschichte der Demokratie. -- Der Krieg im 20. Jahrhundert. -- Der Sprachenkonflikt. -- Die weitere Synthese. -- Glaube, Moral und Staatspolitik der Neuen Republik. -- -- Included is a glowing review article about Wells and FPG's first three translations in the Hamburger Fremdenblatt (2 p.). -- The "Vorbemerkung" or preface by "F.P.G." on pp.ix-xi addresses the genesis of the text, which was written in 1900/1901, and explains that the chapter on language competition had been further developed in Wells' "Modern Utopia" in 1905. Greve hopes that these theoretical works will gain respect for the author who is more than a Jules Verne imitator, and who shows affinities with Swift's satires. -- Local Note: Translation of Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought (1901), by Felix Paul Greve, later Frederick Philip Grove. -- Opposite t.p., advertisement of Wells' Die Riesen kommen, Die Zeitmaschine, Doktor Moreaus Insel, and Die ersten Menschen im Mond, all four in Greve's translation & published in late 1904 & early 1905. Greve's last known Wells translation, which will not appear before October 1906, namely, Wenn der Schläfer erwacht, is duly listed as forthcoming. Greve sent the first three of his translations to Wells in "November 1904," with a mss. dedication in Riesen. A year later, in "December 1905," he sent an autographed copy of the present title, Ausblicke/Anticipations, & he also autographed his final known translation, Wenn der Schläfer erwacht/When the Sleeper Wakes, in "October 1906,"-- All six books are extant in the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's outstanding Wells Collection. Copies of their title pages and related materials were obtained during gd's first visit there in January 1991, & can be found in her UM Archives FPG Research Documents Collection Mss 12. Acquired from D. O. Spettigue, Summer, 1994. -- The pref. is dated "Mai 1905, F.P.G." -- Subjects: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Views on civilization. Civilization, Modern. Twentieth century. Economic history 1918-1945. |
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