Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History - Hardback

The automaton, known today as the robot, can be seen as a metaphor for the historical period in which it is explored. Chapters include examinations of Iconoclasm's fear that art might surpass nature, the Cartesian mind/body divide, automata as objects of courtly desire, the uncanny Olympia, and the revolutionary Robots in post-WWI drama.

• | Author: K. Reilly
• | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• | Publication Date: Aug 26, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 220 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0230232027
• | ISBN-13: 9780230232020