Prophets of the Posthuman: American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood

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Prophets of the Posthuman Prophets of the Posthuman American Fiction, Biotechnology, and the Ethics of Personhood University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana C H R I S T I N A B I E B E R L A K E Copyright © 2013 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lake, Christina Bieber. Prophets of the posthuman : american fiction, biotechnology, and the ethics of personhood / Christina Bieber Lake. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-268-02236-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-268-02236-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-268-07586-6 (e-book) 1. American fiction—20th century—History and criticism. 2. Ethics in literature. 3. Bioethics in literature. 4. Human beings in literature 5. Literature and technology—United States—History—20th century. I. Title. PS374.E86L35 2013 810.9'353—dc23 2013022548 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources To VTS, of course ...