Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History

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
Published: 08/26/2011
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230232020

About the Author
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.