Link Download ebook Free: https://ouo.io/MJhK3M Automata and Mimesis on the Stage of Theatre History By: K. Reilly Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9780230232020, 0230232027 eText ISBN: 9780230347540, 0230347541 Copyright year: 2011 Format: PDF Available from $ 89.00 USD SKU 9780230347540 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.