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The transhuman antihero : paradoxical protagonists of speculative fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan / Michael Grantham.
- 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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Text | Request in advance | PR830.S35 G72 2015 | Off-site |
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- 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
- 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