Automata and mimesis on the stage of theatre history /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Kara Reilly
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 220 p. ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Iconoclasm and automata -- Descartes' mimetic faculty -- From artistocrats to autocrats: the elite as automata -- Olympia's Legacy -- From automata to automation: the birth of the robot in R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) -- Epilogue