Stages of Evil: Occultism in Western Theater and Drama

by Robert Lima

"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. Early writers used theater to communicate human experiences and to display reverence for the gods governing daily life. Playwrights from Euripides onward sought inspiration from this interplay between the worldly and the occult, using human belief in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123623
• ISBN13: 9780813123622
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher