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Author:
Ward, Megan, 1975- author.
Title:
Seeming human : artificial intelligence and Victorian realist character / Megan Ward.
Publisher:
The Ohio State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
viii, 181 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Artificial intelligence in literature.
Realism in literature.
Artificial intelligence in literature.
English fiction.
Realism in literature.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-174) and index.
Contents:
The cybernetic feedback loop of domestic realism -- The informatics of character -- Trollope, Turing, and the art of imitation -- Hardy, James, and theories of artificial mind -- Epilogue: How a machine thinks.
Summary:
"Finds a new theory of Victorian realist character in the mid-twentieth-century emergence of artificial intelligence. Redefining Victorian fictional character through its similarity to machines, this book challenges prevailing assumptions about what makes a realist character real"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0814213758
9780814213759
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1029443512
LCCN:
2018010778
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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