By Bruce Clarke,Manuela Rossini

The Cambridge significant other to Literature and the Posthuman is the 1st paintings of its style to collect diversified severe remedies of the posthuman and posthumanism jointly in one quantity. Fifteen students from six diverse international locations tackle the historic and aesthetic dimensions of posthuman figures along posthumanism as a brand new paradigm within the severe humanities. the 3 components and their chapters hint the background of the posthuman in literature and different media, together with movie and games, and establish significant political, philosophical, and techno-scientific concerns raised within the literary and cinematic narratives of the posthuman and posthumanist discourses. the quantity surveys the main works, basic modes, and important theories engaged by way of depictions of the posthuman and discussions approximately posthumanism.

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