Divination on stage : : Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe / / Folke Gernert.
Magicians, necromancers and astrologers are assiduous characters in the European golden age theatre. This book deals with dramatic characters who act as physiognomists or palm readers in the fictional world and analyses the fictionalisation of physiognomic lore as a practice of divination in early m...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 252 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Divination and the human body
- Chapter 2 Dramatic readings of the hand and the body in the theatre of the 16th century
- Chapter 3 17th century theatre and occultism
- Chapter 4 Calderón and the condemnation of the divinatory arts on the stage
- Chapter 5 Divination and marginalised women on stage
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Name index