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Book/Printed Material Divination on stage : prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe

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Title

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

Summary

  • 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.

Names

  • Gernert, Folke, author

Created / Published

  • Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Headings

  • -  1500-1699
  • -  Divination in literature
  • -  Divination
  • -  Drama--16th century
  • -  Drama--17th century
  • -  Theater--Europe--16th century
  • -  Theater--Europe--17th century
  • -  Theater--Spain--16th century
  • -  Theater--Spain--17th century
  • -  Drama
  • -  Theater
  • -  Europe
  • -  Spain

Notes

  • -  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.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-242) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (viii, 252 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN1650.O33

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020718471

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Gernert, Folke, Author. Divination on stage: prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe. [Berlin ; Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718471/.

APA citation style:

Gernert, F. (2021) Divination on stage: prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe. [Berlin ; Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718471/.

MLA citation style:

Gernert, Folke, Author. Divination on stage: prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe. [Berlin ; Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020718471/>.