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Hercules and the King of Portugal : icons of masculinity and nation in Calderón's Spain / Dian Fox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Dian, author.
- Series:
- New hispanisms
- New Hispanisms
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sebastião, King of Portugal, 1554-1578--In literature.
- Sebastião.
- Hercules (Roman mythological character)--In literature.
- Hercules.
- Heracles (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Heracles.
- Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681--Criticism and interpretation.
- Calderón de la Barca, Pedro.
- Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.
- Sebastião, King of Portugal, 1554-1578.
- Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Spanish literature.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Heracles (Greek mythological character).
- Hercules (Roman mythological character).
- Literature.
- Spanish literature--Classical period.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxx, 303 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fox, Dian. Hercules and the King of Portugal.
- ISBN:
- 9781496212153
- 1496212150
- 9781496212177
- 1496212177
- OCLC:
- 1077292213
- Publisher Number:
- 10.2307/j.ctvb1hr04
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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