Divination on stage prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe
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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| Язык: | английский испанский |
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Berlin ; Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
[2021]
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| Итог: | 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 modern Romance theatre from Pietro Aretino and Giordano Bruno to Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca and Thomas Corneille. |
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| Примечание: | Includes English translations of the book "Lecturas del cuerpo: Fisiognomía y literature en la España áurea" by Gernet Folk, published in 2018 by Universidad, and the article "La Devoción de la Cruz desde la fisiognomia: La violencia de Eusebio entre predeterminación y libre albedrío" by Gernet Folk, published in La violencia en Calderón, by Academia del Hispanismo in 2014. |
| Объем: | viii, 252 pages ; 24 cm |
| Библиография: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110695748 |