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Beschreibung
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
This book explores the religious foundations, political and social significance, and aesthetic aspects of the theatre created by the leaders of the Occult Revival. Lingan shows how theatre contributed to the fragmentation of Western religious culture and how contemporary theatre plays a part in the development of alternative, occult religions.
Über den Autor
Edmund B. Lingan is Interim Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theatre and Film at The University of Toledo, USA.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1. The Occult Revival and Its Theatrical Impulses 2. Katherine Tingley and the Theatre of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society 3. The Anthroposophical Theatre of Rudolf and Marie Steiner 4. Aleister Crowley's Thelemic Theatre 5. Rosicrucian Theatre and Wiccan Ritual 6. The Neopagan Performance Current Conclusion
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Inhalt: xiv
247 S.
13 s/w Illustr.
247 p. 13 illus.
ISBN-13: 9781349497270
ISBN-10: 1349497274
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lingan, E.
Auflage: 1st edition 2014
Hersteller: Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: E. Lingan
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2014
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 103700421