{"product_id":"the-byronic-hero-in-film-atara-stein-9780809329380","title":"The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television\u003c\/i\u003e bridges nineteenth- and twentieth-century studies in pursuit of an ambitious, antisocial, arrogant, and aggressively individualistic mode of hero from his inception in Byron's \u003ci\u003eManfred\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChilde Harold\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCain\u003c\/i\u003e, through his incarnations as the protagonists of Westerns, action films, space odysseys, vampire novels, neo-Gothic comics, and sci-fi television. Such a hero exhibits supernatural abilities, adherence to a personal moral code, ineptitude at human interaction (muddled even further by self-absorbed egotism), and an ingrained defiance of oppressive authority. He is typically an outlaw, most certainly an outcast or outsider, and more often than not, he is a \u003ci\u003ehe\u003c\/i\u003e. Given his superhuman status, this hero offers no potential for sympathetic identification from his audience. At best, he provides an outlet for vicarious expressions of power and independence. While audiences may not seek to emulate the Byronic hero, Stein notes that he desires to emulate them; recent texts plot to \"rehumanize\" the hero or to voice through him approbation and admiration of ordinary human values and experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tracing the influence of Lord Byron's Manfred as outcast hero on a pantheon of his contemporary progenies--including characters from \u003ci\u003ePale Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Unforgiven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Alien\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sandman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Star Trek: The Next Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngel--\u003c\/i\u003eAtara Stein tempers her academic acumen with the insights of a devoted aficionado in this first comprehensive study of the Romantic hero type and his modern kindred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAtara Stein\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of English at California State University, Fullerton. Her articles on the development of the Byronic hero have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePopular Culture Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Romantic Circles Praxis Series\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Genders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhilological Quarterly. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Atara Stein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809329387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809329380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Southern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Atara Stein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453400264959,"sku":"9780809329380","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87a97387-0ab8-4620-afe4-9c168df2f965.jpg?v=1777300029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-byronic-hero-in-film-atara-stein-9780809329380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}