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.

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

• Assisted by: Marta Albalá Pelegrín (Editor), Edward McLean Test (Editor)
• Authors: Marta (Cal Poly Pomona Albala Pelegrin
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 28.03.2025
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History
• EAN: 9781032271873
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227187-3
• Pages: 272
• Series: New Interdisciplinary Approaches to Early Modern Culture
• Subjects: 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, archival research methods, Spanish colonial history, early modern gender, seventeenth century Spain, trans studies scholarship, early modern trans identity case study, military cross-dressing