Overview

A figure from ancient folklore, the doppelganger--in fiction a character's sinister look-alike--continues to appear in literature, television and film. The modern-day version (of the Doppelganger, or ""double-goer"" in German) is typically depicted in a form adapted to reflect present-day social anxieties. Focusing on a broad range of narratives, the author explores 21st century representations in novels (such as Audrey Niffenegger's Her Fearful Symmetry, Jose Saramago's The Double), television shows (Orphan Black, Battlestar Galactica, Ringer) and movies (The Island, The Prestige, Oblivion).

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Author:   Heather Duerre Humann
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.218kg
ISBN:  

9781476671765

ISBN 10:   1476671761
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   11 January 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: The Monster in the Mirror Section I. Literature  1. Twinning in Audrey Niffenegger’s Her Fearful Symmetry  2. The Pursuit of Self? José Saramago’s The Double  3. The Ethics of Cloning in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go  4. Through a Machine Darkly: Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter  5. Technology and the Self in Dexter Palmer’s Version Control  6. Clones (and Crime) in Space: Mur Lafferty’s Six Wakes Section II. Television and Film  7. The Twin Formula in Ringer and The Lying Game  8. The Motif of the Double in Fringe and Battlestar Galactica  9. Westworld, the 21st Century Technoculture Take on Doubles 10. Clones and Cultural Anxieties in Orphan Black 11. Cinematic Clones in The Island and Oblivion 12. Monstrous Doubling and Magical Illusion in The Prestige Conclusion: Cultural Anxieties and Doppelgangers in the 21st Century Bibliography Index

Reviews

“Undeniably, Humann’s book constitutes a very clairvoyant interpretation of our bourgeoning century and millennium. ...this new study of doppelganger works remains an articulate and welcome contribution that brings a truthful look at the twenty-first-century problems we face”—Interdisciplinary Literary Studies

"""Undeniably, Humann's book constitutes a very clairvoyant interpretation of our bourgeoning century and millennium. ...this new study of doppelganger works remains an articulate and welcome contribution that brings a truthful look at the twenty-first-century problems we face""--Interdisciplinary Literary Studies"

Author Information

Heather Duerre Humann teaches in the Department of Language and Literature at Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the author of multiple books and has contributed essays to edited collections and published articles, reviews and short stories in African American Review, Women’s Studies, South Atlantic Review and Studies in American Culture.

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