The Melancholy Android

The Melancholy AndroidExplores the cultural significance of androids. The Melancholy Android is a psychological study of the impulses behind the creation of androids. Exploring three imaginative figures the mummy, the golem, and the automaton and their appearances in myth, religion, literature, and film, Eric G. Wilson tracks the development of android building and examines the lure of artificial doubles untroubled by awareness of self. Drawing from the works of

This volume presents Martin Luther’s contribution to the modern economic sciences

The Eumenides is an entertaining and enthralling work of literature as well as a vital piece of history

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These twelve new essays show the variety and versatility of Renaissance tragedy and highlight the issues it explores

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She will have to conform to society's expectations of a woman: her wild imagination will have to be controlled

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Mise en abyme is a term developed from literary theory denoting a work that doubles itself within itself-a story placed within a story or a play within a play