Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood

by Christina Bieber Lake

Prophets of the Posthuman provides a fresh and original reading of fictional narratives that raise the question of what it means to be human in the face of rapidly developing bioenhancement technologies. Christina Bieber Lake argues that works by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison, George Saunders, Marilynne Robinson, Raymond Carver, James Tiptree, Jr., and Margaret Atwood must be reevaluated in light of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268022364
• ISBN13: 9780268022365
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"