Dark Prisms : Occultism in Hispanic Drama

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The mythological, folkloric, and religious beliefs of Western culture have resulted in a long and ongoing history of esoteric themes in theatre from the Middle Ages to the present in Spain and the America. Now Robert Lima, a noted comparatist, brings to bear on this material his wide knowledge of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lima, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spanish drama.
Occultism in literature.
Latin American drama.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
DRAMA > Continental European.
Occultisme dans la litterature.
Theâtre latino-americain > Histoire et critique.
Theâtre espagnol > Histoire et critique.
Latin American drama > History and criticism.
Spanish drama > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The mythological, folkloric, and religious beliefs of Western culture have resulted in a long and ongoing history of esoteric themes in theatre from the Middle Ages to the present in Spain and the America. Now Robert Lima, a noted comparatist, brings to bear on this material his wide knowledge of the world of the occult. Lima defines the terms ""occult"" and ""occultism"" broadly to embrace the many ways in which humans have sought to fathom a secret knowledge held to be accessible only through such supernatural agencies as alchemy, angelology, asceticism, astrology, demonolatry, divination, e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages).
ISBN:9780813149691

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