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200 10$aAndroids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture $eartificial slaves /$fKevin LaGrandeur
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (223 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;$v22
225  0$aRoutledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;$v22
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aArtificial 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.
330   $aThis book explores the creation and use of artificially made humanoid servants and servant networks by fictional and non-fictional scientists of the early modern period. Beginning with an investigation of the roots of artificial servants, humanoids, and automata from earlier times, LaGrandeur traces how these literary representations coincide with a surging interest in automata and experimentation, and how they blend with the magical science that preceded the empirical era. In the instances that this book considers, the idea of the artificial factotum is connected with an emotional paradox:
410  0$aRoutledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
606   $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism
606   $aMachine theory in literature
606   $aAndroids in literature
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615  0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aMachine theory in literature.
615  0$aAndroids in literature.
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