Androids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture
Subtitle: artificial slaves
By: by Kevin LaGrandeur
Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture -- 22
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780415631211; 9780203096970
Subjects: History; Technology and civilization; Androids in literature; Machine theory in literature; English literature; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Artificial slaves: intelligent tools/ rebellious agents; title: Real human automata from the pre-empirical era; title: Whole bodies: alchemy, cabala, and the embodiment of force; title: Body parts: talking brass heads, dangerous knowledge, and Robert Greene's plays; title: Prospero's ethereal prosthesis; title: Doctor Faustus: losing control of the servant network; title: Points of contact between artificial servants of yesterday and today.