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The transhuman antihero : paradoxical protagonists of speculative fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan / Michael Grantham.
Van Pelt Library PR830.S35 G72 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grantham, Michael, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, English--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, English.
- English fiction--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Antiheroes in literature.
- Monsters in literature.
- Literature and science.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- v, 189 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Speculative fiction has created an abundance of transhuman characters, protagonists with extraordinary strength, intelligence or abilities. This study explores the antihero of speculative fiction as paradoxical blend of human and transhuman. These protagonists illustrate the dynamics among the individual, techno-scientific development and societal norms, and blur distinctions between human and machine, biology and technology, right and wrong"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the paradoxical protagonist
- The transhuman and the monster
- Antiheroes and overheroes
- V for vendetta
- Watchmen and the deconstruction of the superhero
- Cyberpunk
- Reinterpreting cyberpunk
- Genetic fear in Richard Morgan's Black man
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786494057
- 0786494050
- OCLC:
- 918616389
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