The Triumphant Juan Rana : A Gay Actor of the Spanish Golden Age /

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Juan Rana was the most famous buffoon of his time. An actor working during the years 1617-1672, he achieved a status similar to that of the Italian Harlequin and was a favourite of the ruling monarchy and the general populace. Over fifty short plays were written especially for Rana by some of the mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, Peter E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rana, Juan.
Gay actors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Drama.
PERFORMING ARTS > Acting & Auditioning.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Acteurs homosexuels > Espagne > Biographies.
Gay actors > Spain > Biography.
Spain.
Biographie.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 What's in a Name? 3
  • 2 The Self-'Reflective' Juan Rana: Acting, Meaning, Being the Double/Doppelganger 21
  • 3 Crossing the Gendered 'Clothes'-Line 65
  • 4 'Mas apetezco fuentes que braseros': Phallic Innuendoes and Confessions 111
  • 5 The Triumphant Juan Rana 155.

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