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Author Lima, Robert.

Title Dark Prisms : Occultism in Hispanic Drama.

Publication Info. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1995.

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Description 1 online resource (206 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in Romance Languages ; 38
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 38.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part One: Evolution; I: Supernaturalism in Medieval Spanish Drama; II: Esoterica in the Golden Age Drama of Spain; III: The Demonic Pact and the Quest for Esoteric Knowledge; Part Two: Devolution; IV: Ancient Ways: Occult Lore in the Plays of Ramón del Valle-IncIán; V: Toward the Dionysiac: Pagan Elements and Rites in Federico García Lorca's ""Yerma""; VI: The Devil in the Blood: Genesis and Subversion of the Demonic Pact in Alejandro Casona; VII: Illuminati, Devils, and Witches: The Unholy Plays of Domingo Miras.
VIII: The Orishas of Ifé: African Deities in Cuban and Brazilian DramaPart Three: Bibliography; IX: Drama of the Occult: A Bibliography of Spanish and Latin American Plays; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
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.
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Subject Spanish drama -- History and criticism.
Spanish drama.
Latin American drama -- History and criticism.
Latin American drama.
Occultism in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Lima, Robert. Dark Prisms : Occultism in Hispanic Drama. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813119090
ISBN 9780813149691 electronic book
081314969X electronic book