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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):
- 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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