"Let Us Make Man in Our Image." Pygmalion, Golem and Automaton as Three Versions of The Myth of Artificial Creation in (Not Only) The Future Eve by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

Abstract

A monograph initially mapping literary historical development of Pygmalion myth, legends of Golem and images of modern automatons and subsequently analysing their mutual blending in French literature of the decadence period.

Keywords

• Pygmalion
• Golem
• automaton
• French literatre
• decadence
• Villiers de l'Isle-Adam