CONTENTS

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Legend of Saint Genesius 1
1 Actors, Agents, and Avatars 9
Avatars 10
Performativity 13
Theatricality 20
2 Real Presence, Sympathetic Magic, and the Power of Gesture 33
Magic 36
Presence 42
Performances 47
Religious Spectacle 51
Political Spectacle 56
Seeds of Theatricality 60
3 Saint Genesius on the Stage of the World 67
Diderot’s Paradox 69
Metatheater 74
Actors and Martyrs 80
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4 A Tale of Two Cities: The Evolution of Renaissance Stage

Practices in Madrid and Paris 85
Italian Innovations 87
Theories and Theaters in Paris 91
Theories and Theaters in Madrid 99
Tales from the Crypt 105
True Pretense: Lope’s Lo fingido verdadero and the Structure of
Theatrical Space 113
5 Theatricality versus Subjectivity 123
Philosophical Subjectivity 125
Political Subjectivity 140
Aesthetic Subjectivity 153
Theatricality and Media Theory 164
Epilogue 167
Notes 171
Index 205

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