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

"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fox, Dian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Series:New hispanisms.
Subjects:
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.
Spanish literature > Classical period.
1500-1700
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Description
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"--
Physical Description:xxx, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781496207739
1496207734