Screen LibraryAnother me : the doppelganger in 21st century fiction, television and film /
"A figure from ancient folklore, the doppelgänger continues to reemerge in literature, television and film. The modern-day doppelgänger is typically depicted in a traditional form adapted to reflect present-day social anxieties. Focusing on a broad range of narratives, the author explores 21st...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"A figure from ancient folklore, the doppelgänger continues to reemerge in literature, television and film. The modern-day doppelgänger is typically depicted in a traditional form adapted to reflect present-day social anxieties. Focusing on a broad range of narratives, the author explores 21st century representations in novels, TV shows and movies"-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 170 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781476671765 1476671761 |
| Index Number: | P96 |
| CLC: | I106.4 |
| Call Number: | I106.4/H918 |
| Contents: | Introduction: the monster in the mirror -- Literature. Twinning in Audrey Niffenegger's Her fearful symmetry -- The pursuit of self? José Saramago's The double -- The ethics of cloning in Kazuo Ishiguro's Never let me go -- Through a machine darkly: Blake Crouch's Dark matter -- Technology and the self in Dexter Palmer's Version control -- Clones (and crime) in space: Mur Lafferty's Six wakes -- Television and film. The twin formula in Ringer and The lying game -- The motif of the double in Fringe and Battlestar Galactica -- Westworld, the 21st century technoculture take on doubles -- Clon |