02442nam 22005175 450 99641133270331620230912170617.03-11-069575-810.1515/9783110695755(CKB)5400000000002411(DE-B1597)546107(DE-B1597)9783110695755EBL7015028(AU-PeEL)EBL7015028(MiAaPQ)EBC7015028(EXLCZ)99540000000000241120210421h20212021 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDivination on stage Prophetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe /Folke GernertBerlin ;Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]©20211 online resource (VIII, 252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-11-069574-X Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Divination and the human body -- Chapter 2 Dramatic readings of the hand and the body in the theatre of the 16th century -- Chapter 3 17th century theatre and occultism -- Chapter 4 Calderón and the condemnation of the divinatory arts on the stage -- Chapter 5 Divination and marginalised women on stage -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Name indexMagicians, 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.LITERARY CRITICISM / European / GeneralbisacshEuropefastSpainfastDivination.Early modern Romance theatre.Occult sciences.Spanish Golden Age drama.LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.809.2/93770903Gernert Folke, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut282498DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996411332703316Divination on stage2839049UNISA