Hercules and the King of Portugal : icons of masculinity and nation in Calderón's Spain
Masculinity in literature Spanish literature Literature Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, Criticism, interpretation, etc e-böcker
University of Nebraska Press
2019
EISBN 9781496212153
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.
"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"--
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.
"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"--
