Divination on stage: Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe

Divination on stage: Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe
ISBN-10
3110695758
ISBN-13
9783110695755
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2021-02-08
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Author
Folke Gernert

Description

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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