The Aesthetics of Artifice - (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu) by Marie Lathers (Paperback)
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- A detailed reading of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's 1886 novel L'Ève future, this study explores the author's construction of the android woman from two angles: science and art.
- About the Author: Marie Lathers is associate professor of French at Iowa State University.
- 148 Pages
- Philosophy, Aesthetics
- Series Name: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu
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A detailed reading of Villiers de l'Isle-Adam's 1886 novel L'Ève future, this study explores the author's construction of the android woman from two angles: science and art. Marie Lathers shows that the novel is a satire of the era's belief that science would cure the ills of the modern world and redeem the femme fatale. She also exposes Villiers's prescient discussion of technologies that form hybrids of science and art. The only lengthy study of Villiers's novel in English, Lathers's book engages significant thinkers of nineteenth-century French aesthetic, medical, and scientific discourse. Contemporary cultural and feminist criticism, particularly that of Roland Barthes, Mary Ann Doane, and Judith Butler, forms the framework of her analysis.About the Author
Marie Lathers is associate professor of French at Iowa State University.Dimensions (Overall): 9.12 Inches (H) x 5.94 Inches (W) x .49 Inches (D)
Weight: .64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 148
Genre: Philosophy
Sub-Genre: Aesthetics
Series Title: North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatu
Publisher: Unc Department of Romance Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Marie Lathers
Language: English
Street Date: February 19, 1997
TCIN: 1004618031
UPC: 9780807892589
Item Number (DPCI): 247-44-0375
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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