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Hercules and the King of Portugal Icons of Masculinity and Nation in Calderón's Spain / Dian Fox.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fox, Dian, author.
Series:
New hispanisms.
New Hispanisms
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Masculinity in literature.
Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Spanish literature.
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681--Criticism and interpretation.
Heracles (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
Hercules (Roman mythological character)--In literature.
Sebastião, King of Portugal, 1554-1578--In literature.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxx, 303 pages).
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
Place of Publication:
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
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
Hercules. Hercules Hispanicus
The deaths of Hercules
Hercules redux : transvestism and the hombre esquivo
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.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781496212177
1496212177
9781496212153
1496212150
OCLC:
1082203696

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