Contributions to Books

Ian Walton, ed., 1993 Poets (Peterborough: Poetry Now, 1993). ISBN 9781857311877.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Untitled', pp. 84-85.

Elmar Schenkel and Stefan Welz, eds., Lost Worlds & Mad Elephants: Literature, Science and Technology, 1700-1990 (Glienicke, Berlin, and Cambridge, Mass.: Galda + Wilch, 1999). ISBN 9783931397166.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'The First Men in the Moon and the "Corporative State"', pp. 181-193.

Janet Witalec, ed., Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 133 (Detroit, London and Munich: Thomson Gale, 2003). ISBN 9780787663377.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘The Time Machine: A Polemic on the Inevitability of Working-Class Liberation, and a Plea for a Socialist Solution to Late-Victorian Capitalist Exploitation’, pp. 329-334.

Steven R. Serafin and Valerie Grosvenor Myer, eds., The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature (New York and London: Continuum, 2003; rpt. 2006). ISBN 9780826414564 (2003) / 9780826418395 (2006).

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Wells, H[erbert] G[eorge]’, pp. 1035-1036.

Patrick Parrinder and John S. Partington, eds., The Reception of H. G. Wells in Europe (London: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005 [hb]; London: Bloomsbury, 2013 [pb]). ISBN 9780826462534 (hb) / 9781441112996 (pb).

Includes: John S. Partington, 'H. G. Wells and the International Pan-European Union', pp. 321-338.

Gregory Claeys, ed., Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Thought (London and New York: Routledge, 2005). ISBN 9780415244190.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Wells, H. G. (1866-1946)’, pp. 509-513.

Carl Mitcham, ed.-in-chief, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics, vol. 4 (Detroit, London and Munich: Macmillan Reference, 2005). ISBN 9780028658315 (set) / 9780028659015 (volume 4).

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Wells, H. G.’, pp. 2061-2062.

Gary Westfahl, ed., The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, vol. 3 (Westport, Conn., and London: Greenwood, 2005). ISBN 9780313329200 (set) / 9780313329531 (volume 3).

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells (1896)’, pp. 1102-1104.
John S. Partington, ‘Things to Come (1936)’, pp. 1296-1299.
John S. Partington, ‘The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (1898)’, pp. 1332-1334.

H. G. Wells, The New Machiavelli, ed. Patrick Parrinder; intro. Michael Foot (London: Penguin, 2005). ISBN 9780141439990.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Notes', pp. 419-470.

H. G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution, ed. Patrick Parrinder; intro. John Clute (London: Penguin Classics, 2005). ISBN 9780141441047.

Includes: John S. Partington. 'Notes', pp. 447-530.

War of the Worlds [1953] (‘The Special Collector’s Edition’), Paramount DVD 2005. ISBN 1415711666.

Includes: Interview of John S. Partington in ‘H. G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction’ (special feature documentary).

D. W. Pryke, ed., The Legacy of John Lennon in the words of the fans who love him (Liskeard: Exposure, 2005). ISBN 9781846850110.

Includes: John S. Partington, '[Untitled]', p. 129.

Diane Morgan and Gary Banham, eds., Cosmopolitics and the Emergence of a Future (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). ISBN 9780230001527.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Human Rights and Public Accountability in H. G. Wells’ Functional World State’, pp. 163-190.

Vita Fortunati, Raymond Trousson and Paola Spinozzi, eds., Histoire transnationale de l’utopie littéraire et de l’utopisme (Paris: Champion, 2008). ISBN 9782745317087.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Le cycle utopique de H. G. Wells’, pp. 911-922.

Laurel Brake and Marysa Demoor, gen. eds., Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland (Gent: Academia, and London: British Library, 2009). ISBN 9780712350396 (UK) / 9789038213408 (NL).

Includes: J[ohn S.] P[artington], ‘Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946)’, pp. 669-670.

Gary Westfahl and George Slusser, eds., Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2009). ISBN 9780786442973.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Utopia and Utopianism in the Life, Work, and Thought of H. G. Wells’, pp. 160-169.

Keith Gildart and David Howell, eds., Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol. xiii (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). ISBN 9780230004566.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘CUSDEN, (Anne) Phoebe Ellen (née Blackall) (1887-1981)’, pp. 71-84.
John S. Partington, ‘QUELCH, Lorenzo (‘Len’) Edward (1862-1937)’, pp. 319-334.

Stefan Welz and Fabian Dellemann, eds., Anglosachsen: Leipzig und die englischsprachige Kultur (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2010). ISBN 9783631601891.
Includes: John S. Partington, 'Clara Zetkin's Reception in British Socialism and the British Women's Movement, 1889-1909', pp. 117-137.

 

John S. Partington, ed., The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011 [hb]; London and New York: Routledge, 2016 [pb]). ISBN 9780754669555 (hb) / 9781138273375 (pb).

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘"There’s a Better World a-Coming": Resolving the Tension between the Urban and Rural Visions in the Writings of Woody Guthrie’, pp. 17-33.

Richard Nate and Bea Klüsener, eds., Culture and Biology: Perspectives on the European Modern Age (Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2011). ISBN 9783826045530.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'H. G. Wells and Population Control: From a Eugenic Public Policy to the Eugenics of Personal Choice', pp. 171-190.

Stefan Lampadius and Elmar Schenkel, eds., Under Western and Eastern Eyes: Ost und West in der Reiseliteratur des 20. Jahrhunderts (Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2012). ISBN 9783865836465.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Socialist Women and Soviet Russia: Six British Observations of the 1920s', pp. 67-76.

Marilyn J. Boxer and John S. Partington, eds, The Socialist Women's Secretary: Clara Zetkin in National and International Contexts, Socialist History Society Occasional Publication No. 31 (London: Socialist History Society, 2012). ISBN 9780955513879.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'The International Socialist Women's Secretary in Wartime: Clara Zetkin and Britain, 1912-1915', pp. 22-34.
John S. Partington, 'Afterword', pp. 74-77.

Teru Hamano, 生の黙示録　日本国憲法 　Ｈ．Ｇ．ウェルズとルーズベルト大統領の往復書簡から ('The Constitution of Japan: Contemporary Records of Correspondence between H. G. Wells and President Roosevelt') (Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2013). ISBN 9784535519497.

Includes: John S. Partington, 日本の読者のみなさまへ ('To Japanese Readers'), pp. i-ii.
John S. Partington, Ｈ・Ｇ・ウェルズ　機能的な世界国家における人権と公的な説明義務 ('H. G. Wells, Human Rights and Public Accountability in the Functional World State'), pp. 215-250.
John S. Partington, 機能的な世界国家における一般代表制 ('Popular Representation in a Functional World State'), pp. 251-265.

Gregory Claeys, ed., Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought, vol. 2 (Los Angeles: Sage Reference / CQ Press, 2013). ISBN 9780872899100 (set).

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Wells, Herbert George', pp. 860-862.

Verena Gutsche and Richard Nate, eds., Cultural Identities in Europe: Nations and Regions, Migration and Minorities (Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2014). ISBN 9783826052873.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Wales Strikes Back: British Media Coverage of Cardiff City Football Club’s Victory in the English F. A. Cup, 1927’, pp. 157-178.

Lawrence J. Trudeau, ed., Children’s Literature Review: Reviews, Criticism, and Commentary on Books for Children and Young People, vol. 200 (Farmington Hills: Gale / Cengage Learning, 2015). ISBN 9781569955628.

Includes: John S. Partington, ‘Seeking Victory from the Jaws of Disaster: H. G. Wells and the Great War’, pp. 72-79.

David Morgan, ed., 'Stop the First World War!' Movements Opposed to the 1914-1918 War in Britain, France and Germany, Socialist History Society Occasional Publication No. 37 (London: Socialist History Society, 2016). ISBN 9780993010422.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Clara Zetkin and the British Anti-War Movement', pp. 60-66.

David Morgan. ed., 1917: The Russian Revolution, Reactions and Impact, Socialist History Society Occasional Publication No. 41 (London: Socialist History Society, 2017). ISBN 9780993010460.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Clara Zetkin on the Soviet Experiment, 1917-1934', pp. 56-82.

Misia Sophia Doms, Bea Klüsener and Richard Nate, eds., 'Nichts als Krieg und Streit'? Krieg und Frieden im Lied (Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2017). ISBN 9783826060854.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Unionism + Anti-Nazism = Freedom. Woody Guthrie's Formula for Victory in the Second World War', pp. 163-176.

Elmar Schenkel and Kati Voigt, eds., LE - Leipzig and the English-speaking World (Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2018). ISBN 9783958170292.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Clara Zetkin: From Wiederau to Leipzig to London - and Beyond', pp. 98-104.

Maria Fleischhack, Jürgen Ronthaler and Stefan Welz, eds., Das Leben und die Seltsamen Abenteuer des Elmar Schenkel, aus Soest, Professor. Nicht von Ihm Selbst Verfasst, 1. Edition (Leipzig: Edition Hamouda, 2019). ISBN 9783958170407.

Includes: John S. Partington, 'Three Reminiscences', p. 91.