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Androids and intelligent networks in early modern literature and culture [electronic resource] : artificial slaves / Kevin LaGrandeur.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 22Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2013.Description: xiv, 207 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 809/.93356 23
LOC classification:
  • PR408.M33 L34 2013
Online resources:
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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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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