Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History
Author:   K. Reilly
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230232020


Pages:   220
Publication Date:   26 August 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History


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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.

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Author:   K. Reilly
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.488kg
ISBN:  

9780230232020


ISBN 10:   0230232027
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   26 August 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Reformation Iconoclasm Descartes' Mimetic Faculty From Aristocrats to Autocrats: The Elite as Automata Olympia's Legacy Death of the Automaton, Birth of the Robot Draft Epilogue Bibliography Index

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KARA REILLY is a Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is a theatre historian, theorist and dramaturg. Her work has appeared in New Theatre Quarterly, American Drama, Theatre Journal and Contemporary Theatre Review. This is her first book.

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