LaGrandeur, Kevin.

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


Electronic books.

PR408.M33 / L34 2013

809/.93356