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  1. The Byronic hero in film, fiction, and television
    Author: Stein, Atara
    Published: 2009, c2004
    Publisher:  Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 144164590X; 9781441645906
    Edition: Pbk. ed
    Subjects: PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference; Heroes; Literature; Motion pictures; Television; Film; Literatur; Heroes in motion pictures; Heroes in literature; Heroes on television; Drama; Film; Held
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 245 p., [6] p. of plates)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-236) and index

    Introduction: the Byronic superhero -- "A fire and motion of the soul": nineteenth-century origins -- "Not such a dork": the rehumanization of the Byronic hero -- "I just want something I can never have": angst, egoism, and immortality -- Star trek's Q: a Byronic hero for The next generation -- "She moves in mysterious ways": the Byronic heroine -- Conclusion: the vampire with the face of an angel