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Stages of evil : occultism in Western theater and drama /
"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. In Stages of Evil, Robert Lima explores the sociohistorical implications of Christian and p...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2005.
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| Collection: | Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ;
49. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "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. In Stages of Evil, Robert Lima explores the sociohistorical implications of Christian and pagan representations of evil and the theatrical creativity that occultism has engendered. By examining examples of alchemy, astronomy, demonology, exorcism, fairies, vampires, witchcraft, hauntings, and voodoo in prominent plays, Stages of Evil explores American and European perceptions of occultism from medi. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-314) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813171768 9780813171760 9780813137469 0813137462 0813123623 9780813123622 1283232855 9781283232852 9786613232854 6613232858 |