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Author Stein, Atara, 1959-

Title The Byronic hero in film, fiction, and television / Atara Stein
Edition Pbk. ed
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: the Byronic superhero -- "A fire and motion of the soul": nineteenth-century origins -- "Not such a dork": the rehumanization of the Byronic hero -- "I just want something I can never have": angst, egoism, and immortality -- Star trek's Q: a Byronic hero for The next generation -- "She moves in mysterious ways": the Byronic heroine -- Conclusion: the vampire with the face of an angel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Heroes in motion pictures.
Heroes in literature.
Heroes on television.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Heroes in literature
Heroes in motion pictures
Heroes on television
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781441645906
144164590X