Volume 12 No. 1 — 1 May 1985

Xavier Herbert, H.G. Wells and J.S. Huxley: Unexpected British Connections

Kevin Green

Abstract

Examines three types of influence H. G. Wells (and through him J. S. Huxley) had on Herbert: psychological, scientific or intellectual, and literary.

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Published 1 May 1985 in Volume 12 No. 1. Subjects: English literature & writers, Literary influences, Wells, H.G..

Cite as: Green, Kevin. ‘Xavier Herbert, H.G. Wells and J.S. Huxley: Unexpected British Connections.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1985, doi: 10.20314/als.5898479211.

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