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Dark prisms : occultism in Hispanic drama

Title
Dark prisms : occultism in Hispanic drama / Robert Lima.
Author
Lima, Robert
Publication
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1995.

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Description
xii, 193 pages; 24 cm
Series Statement
Studies in Romance languages ; 38
Uniform Title
Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 38.
Subject
  • Spanish drama > History and criticism
  • Latin American drama > History and criticism
  • Occultism in literature
  • 18.32 Spanish literature
  • 18.33 Spanish-American literature
  • 18.38 Portuguese-American literature
  • Latin American drama
  • Spanish drama
  • Okkultismus Motiv
  • Drama
  • Toneelstukken
  • Occultisme
  • Spaans
  • Portugees
  • Spanisch
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-182) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Evolution: Supernaturalism in medieval Spanish drama -- Esoterica in the Golden Age drama of Spain -- The demonic pact and the quest for esoteric knowledge -- pt. 2. Devolution: Ancient ways : occult lore in the plays of Ramón del Valle-Unclán -- Toward the Dionysiac : pagan elements and rites in Federico García Lorca's "Yerma" -- The devil in the blood : genesis and subversion of the demonic pact in Alejandro Casona -- Illuminati, devils, and witches : the unholy plays of Domingo Miras -- The Orishas of Ifé : African deities in Cuban and Brazilian drama -- pt. 3. Bibliography: Drama of the occult : a bibliography of Spanish and Latin American plays.
ISBN
  • 081311909X
  • 9780813119090
LCCN
94048397
OCLC
  • ocm31815041
  • 31815041
  • SCSB-9152104
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library