Lieutenant Nun - Annotated Translation of Play, Historical Accounts Documents About

This volume contains the English translation of the seventeenth-century literary and archival materials about a Basque person who died under the name Antonio de Erauso (b. ~1580, d. 1650), bringing readers closer to an individual who could be considered as a trans ancestor.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Translating a Trans Ancestor: Antonio/Catalina de Erauso 2. Foreword: Antonio/Catalina de Erauso, The Lieutenant Nun, and the Play with Portraits 3. The Lieutenant Nun: Translation of the Play La famosa comedia de la monja alférez 4. Accounts: Translations of Historical Relaciones About Erauso 5. Petitions: Translations of the Pamplona Petition and the Petition to the Council of the Indies 6. Afterword: The Lieutenant Nun and Early Modern Trans Drama

About the author

Marta Albalá Pelegrín is Associate Professor at Cal Poly Pomona specializing in Mediterranean Studies and Early Modern Drama. She is co-editor of the special issues Crossroads in Early Modern Italy (2023), Comedia Crossings (2023) and Mobilities in the Western Mediterranean (12th-21st centuries) (forthcoming), and coordinates the public-facing podcast Radio Comedia.
Edward McLean Test is Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing at Boise State University. His publications include Sacred Seeds: New World Plants in Early Modern English Literature (2019) and a book of poetry, Fata Morgana (2004).

Summary

This volume contains the English translation of the seventeenth-century literary and archival materials about a Basque person who died under the name Antonio de Erauso (b. ~1580, d. 1650), bringing readers closer to an individual who could be considered as a trans ancestor.

Product details

• Authors: Marta (Cal Poly Pomona Albala Pelegrin
• Assisted by: Marta Albalá Pelegrín (Editor), Edward McLean Test (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032271897
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227189-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Modern Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, Colonialism & imperialism, Theatre Studies, Translation & interpretation, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, History of the Americas, Performance Art, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Translation and interpretation, HISTORY / Europe / Spain