Author: Augusta Espantoso FoleyPublisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600030380
Category : Occultism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Occult Arts and Doctrine in the Theatre of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Author: Augusta Espantoso FoleyPublisher: Librairie Droz
ISBN: 9782600030380
Category : Occultism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Occult arts and doctrine in the theater of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
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Languages : fr
Pages : 113
Book Description
Occult Arts and Doctrines in the Theater of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
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Category : Occultism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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The Plays of Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Author: Jules WhickerPublisher: Tamesis Books
ISBN: 9781855660939
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Arising from neo-stoic interpretations of prudence, Alarcon's identification of the successful manipulation of illusion as a moral art serves as a defence of the comedia and offers an alternative to the supposed moral irresponsibility of Lope de Vega."--Jacket.
The Theatre of the Occult Revival
Author: E. LinganPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113744861X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
Divination on stage
Author: Folke GernertPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 311073480X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book 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.
Stages of Evil
Author: Robert LimaPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813171768
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
“The evil that men do” has been chronicled for thousands of years on the European stage, and perhaps nowhere else is human fear of our own evil more detailed than in its personifications in theater. Early writers used theater to communicate human experiences and to display reverence for the gods governing daily life. Playwrights from Euripides onward sought inspiration from this interplay between the worldly and the occult, using human belief in the divine to govern characters’ actions within a dramatic arena. The constant adherence to the supernatural, despite changing religious ideologies over the centuries, testifies to a deep and continuing belief in the ability of a higher power to interfere in human life. Stages of Evil is the first book to examine the representation and relationship of evil and the occult from the prehistoric origins of drama through to the present day. Drawing on examples of magic, astronomy, demonology, possession, exorcism, fairies, vampires, witchcraft, hauntings, and voodoo, author Robert Lima explores how theater shaped American and European perceptions of the occult and how the dramatic works studied here reflect society back upon itself at different points in history. From representations of Dionysian rites in ancient Greece, to the Mouth of Hell in the Middle Ages, to the mystical cabalistic life of the Hasidic Jews, to the witchcraft and magic of the Elizabethan and Jacobean stage, Lima traces the recurrence of supernatural motifs in pivotal plays and performance works of the Western tradition. Considering numerous myths and cultural artifacts, such as the “wild man,” he describes the evolution and continual representation of supernatural archetypes on the modern stage. He also discusses the sociohistorical implications of Christian and pagan representations of evil and the theatrical creativity that occultism has engendered. Delving into his own theatrical, literary, folkloric, and travel experiences to enhance his observations, Lima assays the complex world of occultism and examines diverse works of Western theater and drama. A unique and comprehensive bibliography of European and American plays concludes the study and facilitates further research into the realm of the social and literary impact of the occult.
International Dictionary of Theatre: Playwrights
Author: Mark Hawkins-DadyPublisher: Chicago : St. James Press
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
A dictionary of playwrights which contains 485 entries, each of which includes biographical information on the playwright, complete lists of published works (with dates of performance) and a bibliography of critical studies on the playwright.
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