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  1. Dark Prisms
    Occultism in Hispanic Drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    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... more

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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 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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    ISBN: 9780813119090; 9780813149691 (Sekundärausgabe)
    RVK Categories: IN 2872
    Series: Studies in Romance Languages
    Subjects: Drama; Spanisch; Okkultismus <Motiv>
    Scope: 206 p.
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  2. Stages of evil
    occultism in Western theater and drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: ©2005
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

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    ISBN: 0813171768; 9780813171760
    Series: Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 49
    Subjects: Literature; Fine Arts; Occultisme dans la littérature; Théâtre (Genre littéraire) / Histoire et critique; TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; Literatur; Occultism in literature; Drama; Drama; Okkultismus <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (329 pages)
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-314) and index

    "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

    Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Mouth of Hell; 2. The Masks of Harlequin; 3. The Pagan Pluto; 4. The Primal Spirit; 5. Rites of Passage; 6. The Savaged Mind; 7. Satan in Salem; 8. A Matter of Habit; 9. The Prey of the Vampire; 10. Wither'd and Wild; 11. The Cave and the Magician; Appendix; Index

  3. Dark Prisms
    Occultism in Hispanic Drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: 1995; © 1995
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

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    ISBN: 9780813119090; 9780813149691
    Subjects: Spanish drama; Occultism in literature; Latin American drama; Okkultismus; Spanisch; Drama
    Scope: 1 online resource (206 pages), illustrations
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  4. Stages of evil
    occultism in Western theater and drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    "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... more

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    "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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    ISBN: 0813171768; 9780813171760
    Series: Studies in romance languages ; 49
    Subjects: Drama; Okkultismus <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (329 pages), Illustrations
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-314) and index

  5. Dark Prisms
    Occultism in Hispanic Drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: 1995
    Publisher:  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9780813149691; 081314969X
    Series: Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 38
    Subjects: DRAMA / Continental European; Latin American drama; Occultism in literature; Spanish drama; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama; Spanish drama; Latin American drama; Occultism in literature; Okkultismus; Drama; Spanisch
    Scope: 206 pages
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    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.

    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

  6. Stages of evil
    occultism in Western theater and drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: c2005
    Publisher:  University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    "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... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    "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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    ISBN: 0813123623
    Series: Studies in romance languages ; 49
    Subjects: Occultism in literature; Drama
    Scope: Online-Ressource (329 p), ill, 24 cm
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-314) and index

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    Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Mouth of Hell; 2. The Masks of Harlequin; 3. The Pagan Pluto; 4. The Primal Spirit; 5. Rites of Passage; 6. The Savaged Mind; 7. Satan in Salem; 8. A Matter of Habit; 9. The Prey of the Vampire; 10. Wither'd and Wild; 11. The Cave and the Magician; Appendix; Index

  7. Dark Prisms
    Occultism in Hispanic Drama
    Author: Lima, Robert
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington

    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... more

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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 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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    ISBN: 9780813119090
    Series: Studies in Romance Languages
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    Subjects: Latin American drama ; History and criticism; Occultism in literature; Spanish drama ; History and criticism; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (206 p)
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    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