Androids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture artificial slaves / [electronic resource] :
Kevin LaGrandeur.
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- xiv, 207 p. : ill.
- Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 22 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700 Machine theory in literature. Androids in literature. Technology and civilization--History.--England