ISBN:
9783111452319
,
9783111451619
,
9783111452494
Language:
German
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (570 p.)
Series Statement:
MIMESIS 117
Keywords:
Magic History 17th century
;
Magic History 17th century
;
Illusion in the theater History 17th century
;
Illusion in the theater History 17th century
;
France
;
Spain
;
Romance, Italic and Rhaeto-Romanic languages
;
17th century, c 1600 to c 1699
;
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
;
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
;
Magic, alchemy and hermetic thought
;
Witchcraft
Abstract:
This volume examines the previously overlooked connections between historical manifestations of magic and their performance in the theater between 1600 and 1685. A comparison of Spanish and French theater culture reveals synchronous divergences in the way that magic was dealt with in various dramatic genres, shedding light on the development of magical thinking during the epistemological upheavals of the seventeenth century
Note:
German
