"Wells's Martians as Godwin's Future Humans: A Critique of Human Perfectibility in the Darwinian Era"
In H.G. Wellsâs 1897 novel The War of the Worlds, England is invaded by monstrous Martians who have giant brains and virtually no bodies. The narrator speculates that these bodiless beings are a highly-evolved species that was once much like humans but had become more physiologically efficient with...
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VANDERBILT
2016
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| Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-11222016-082932/ |