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Author:

Fox, Dian, author.

Title:

Hercules and the King of Portugal : icons of masculinity and nation in Calderón's Spain / Dian Fox.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xxx, 303 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sebastião,--King of Portugal,--1554-1578--In literature.
Hercules--(Roman mythological character)--In literature.
Heracles--(Greek mythological character)--In literature.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro,--1600-1681--Criticism and interpretation.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro,--1600-1681.
Heracles--(Greek mythological character)
Hercules--(Roman mythological character)
Sebastião,--King of Portugal,--1554-1578.
Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Spanish literature--Classical period.
1500-1700
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Honor, gender, and (Spanish) nation -- Part 1. Hercules. Hercules Hispanicus -- The deaths of Hercules -- Hercules redux : transvestism and the hombre esquivo -- Part 2. King Sebastian. En route to King Sebastian -- The once and future king : Sebastian and Sebastianisms -- Staging Sebastian : the body that mattered -- Conclusions.

Summary:

"Scrutinizes ways that gender performances of two male icons of the early modern Iberian Peninsula are structured to express enduring nationhood, in theater and other genres"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

New Hispanisms

ISBN:

1496207734
9781496207739

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1057240687

LCCN:

2018028074

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)