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

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Hercules and the King of Portugal investigates how representations of masculinity figure in the fashioning of Spanish national identity, scrutinizing ways that gender performances of two early modern male icons-Hercules and King Sebastian-are structured to express enduring nationhood. The classical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fox, Dian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Colección:New Hispanisms
Temas:
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
1500-1700
Spanish literature > Classical period, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Masculinity in literature.
Masculinité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
HISTORY > Europe > Spain & Portugal.
Literature
Masculinity in literature
Spanish literature > Classical period
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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