The Transhuman Antihero: Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan
The Transhuman Antihero: Paradoxical Protagonists of Speculative Fiction from Mary Shelley to Richard Morgan
About this book
"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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- OL Work ID
- OL19634883W
Subjects
Monsters in literatureAntiheroes in literatureEnglish fictionHistory and criticismEnglish Science fictionLiterature and scienceHistory and criticismPhantastische LiteraturEnglischAntiheldTranshumanismusFantastische Literatur