Divination on stage

Author	: Folke Gernert
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages	: 260
Release	: 2021-02-08
ISBN-10	: 9783110695755
ISBN-13	: 3110695758
Rating	: 4/5 (758 Downloads)

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Download or read book Divination on stage written by Folke Gernert and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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