Stages of Evil: Occultism in Western Theater and Drama.(Phi Kappa Phi Bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Stages of Evil: Occultism in Western Theater and Drama

Robert Lima

Stages of Evil addresses dramatic representations of the practices and ideology of the occult on both European and American stages, through plays whose dramatic origins span from the Ancient Greeks to modern times. Robert Lima uses the appearance of the occult on the Western stag...

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