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Divination on stage

Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe
  • Folke Gernert
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021
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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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Folke Gernert, University of Trier, Germany.

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eBook published on:
February 8, 2021
eBook ISBN:
9783110695755
Hardcover published on:
February 8, 2021
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110695748
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Front matter:
8
Main content:
252
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110695755
eBook ISBN: 9783110695755
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110695748
Keywords for this book
early modern Romance theatre; Spanish Golden Age drama; divination; occult sciences
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Academics (Romance, Literary and Drama Studies)
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
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