My Dad's Library

LIT-DE-091

Künstliche Menschen

An anthology edited by Klaus Völker, published by Carl Hanser Verlag, collecting literary texts and documents ('Dichtungen und Dokumente') about artificial humans, including Golems, Homunculi, living statues, and androids. The cover features a striking surrealist illustration depicting a mechanical-organic hybrid creature. The subtitle reads 'über Golems, Homunculi, lebende Statuen und Androiden', indicating a broad survey of the artificial human theme in literature and cultural history.