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Contents List of Figures 00 Preface 00 Introduction: The Byronic Superhero 1. "A Fire and Motion of the Soul": Nineteenth-Century Origins 00 2. "Not Such a Dork": The Rehumanization of the Byronic Hero 00 3. "I Just Want Something I Can Never Have": Angst, Egoism, and Immortality 00 4. Star Trek's Q: A Byronic Hero for The Next Generation 00 5. "She Moves in Mysterious Ways": The Byronic Heroine 00 Conclusion: The Vampire with the Face of an Angel 00 Notes 00 Works Cited and Consulted 00 Index 00
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Heroes in motion pictures.
Heroes in literature.
Heroes on television.