Male-to-Female Crossdressing in Early Modern English Literature: Gender, Performance, and Queer Relations

by Simone Chess

Book Overview

This volume examines and theorizes the oft-ignored phenomenon of male-to-female (MTF) crossdressing in early modern drama, prose, and poetry, inviting MTF crossdressing episodes to take a fuller place alongside instances of female-to-male crossdressing and boy actors' crossdressing, which have long held the spotlight in early modern gender studies. The author argues that MTF crossdressing episodes are especially rich sources for socially-oriented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367210479
• ISBN13: 9780367210472
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"