CONTENTS

List of Figures page vii

List of Contributors ix
Preface: Literature, Posthumanism, and the Posthuman xi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Chronology 1: The Posthuman xxv
Chronology 2: Posthumanism xxxi

part i literary periods 1

1 Medieval 3
karl steel

2 Early Modern 16
kevin lagrandeur

3 Romantic 29
ron broglio

4 Modern 41
jeff wallace

5 Postmodern 54
stefan herbrechter

part ii posthuman literary modes 69

6 Science Fiction 71
lisa yaszek and jason w. ellis

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7 Autobiography 84
kari weil

8 Comics and Graphic Narratives 96

lisa diedrich

9 Film 109
anneke smelik

10 E-Literature 121
ivan callus and mario aquilina

part iii posthuman themes 139

11 The Nonhuman 141

bruce clarke

12 Bodies 153
manuela rossini

13 Objects 170
ridvan askin

14 Technologies 182
r. l. rutsky

15 Futures 196
claire colebrook

Further Reading 209

Index 219

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