LEADER 02457nam 22005175 450 001 9910774695803321 005 20230912170617.0 010 $a3-11-069575-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110695755 035 $a(CKB)5400000000002411 035 $a(DE-B1597)546107 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110695755 035 $aEBL7015028 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7015028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7015028 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000002411 100 $a20210421h20212021 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDivination on stage $eProphetic body signs in early modern theatre in Spain and Europe /$fFolke Gernert 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston : $cDe Gruyter, $d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 252 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-069574-X 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1 Divination and the human body -- $tChapter 2 Dramatic readings of the hand and the body in the theatre of the 16th century -- $tChapter 3 17th century theatre and occultism -- $tChapter 4 Calderón and the condemnation of the divinatory arts on the stage -- $tChapter 5 Divination and marginalised women on stage -- $tEpilogue -- $tBibliography -- $tName index 330 $aMagicians, 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. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / General$2bisacsh 607 $aEurope$2fast 607 $aSpain$2fast 610 $aDivination. 610 $aEarly modern Romance theatre. 610 $aOccult sciences. 610 $aSpanish Golden Age drama. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. 676 $a809.2/93770903 700 $aGernert$b Folke, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0282498 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910774695803321 996 $aDivination on stage$92839049 997 $aUNINA