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

Folke Gernert

Divination on stage: Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe
Format
Hardback
Publisher
De Gruyter
Country
Germany
Published
8 February 2021
Pages
260
ISBN
9783110695748

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

Folke Gernert

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, Calderon de la Barca and Thomas Corneille.

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