Research Catalog

Title

The transhuman antihero : paradoxical protagonists of speculative fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan / Michael Grantham.

Author

Grantham, Michael, 1986-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

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Holdings

Details

Description

v, 189 pages; 23 cm

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"--

Subject

• Science fiction, English > History and criticism
• English fiction > History and criticism
• Antiheroes in literature
• Monsters in literature
• Literature and science
• English fiction
• Science fiction, English
• Fantastische Literatur
• Englisch
• Antiheld
• Transhumanismus

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-187) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780786494057 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786494050 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 9781476619552 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2015027519

OCLC

918616389

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library