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Androids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture : artificial slaves / Kevin LaGrandeur.
Author
LaGrandeur, Kevin
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Routledge, 2013.
Description
1 online resource (223 p.)
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Subject(s)
English literature
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Early modern, 1500-1700
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History and criticism
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Machine theory in literature
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Androids in literature
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Technology and civilization
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England
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History
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Series
Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 22
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Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
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Summary note
This book explores the creation and use of artificially made humanoid servants and servant networks by fictional and non-fictional scientists of the early modern period. Beginning with an investigation of the roots of artificial servants, humanoids, and automata from earlier times, LaGrandeur traces how these literary representations coincide with a surging interest in automata and experimentation, and how they blend with the magical science that preceded the empirical era. In the instances that this book considers, the idea of the artificial factotum is connected with an emotional paradox:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
Contents
Artificial slaves: intelligent tools/ rebellious agents
Real human automata from the pre-empirical era
Whole bodies: alchemy, cabala, and the embodiment of force
Body parts: talking brass heads, dangerous knowledge, and Robert Greene's plays
Prospero's ethereal prosthesis
Doctor Faustus: losing control of the servant network
Points of contact between artificial servants of yesterday and today.
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ISBN
1-136-22073-9
1-283-94231-3
0-203-09697-5
1-136-22074-7
OCLC
823719458
828735288
Doi
10.4324/9780203096970
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