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题名/责任者:

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

出版发行项:

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

ISBN:

9780786494057 (softcover : alk. paper)

载体形态项:

v, 189 pages ; 23 cm

个人责任者:

Grantham, Michael, 1986- author.

论题主题:

Science fiction, English-History and criticism.

论题主题:

English fiction-History and criticism.

论题主题:

Antiheroes in literature.

论题主题:

Monsters in literature.

论题主题:

Literature and science.

中图法分类号:

I561.074

书目附注:

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

内容附注:

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.

摘要附注:

"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"--

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