The Triumphant Juan Rana : : A Gay Actor of the Spanish Golden Age / / Peter E. Thompson.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | University of Toronto Romance Series
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. What's in a Name?
- 2. The Self-'Reflective' Juan Rana: Acting, Meaning, Being the Double/Doppelgänger
- 3. Crossing the Gendered 'Clothes'-Line
- 4. 'Mas apetezco fuentes que braseros': Phallic Innuendoes and Confessions
- 5. The Triumphant Juan Rana
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index