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Seeming human : artificial intelligence and Victorian realist character / Megan Ward.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ward, Megan, 1975- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Artificial intelligence in literature.
- Realism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8142-7640-7
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