This volume examines and theorizes the oft-ignored phenomenon of male-to-female (MTF) crossdressing in early modern drama, prose, and poetry, inviting MTF cross

Since young male players were the norm during the English Renaissance, were all cross-dressed performances of female characters played with the same degree of s

Uses adaptation and appropriation studies to explore early modern textual and theatrical metamorphoses of OvidApplies contemporary theoretical approaches, such

Sets out a new history of early modern sexuality by attending to early modern representations of male clothing. Maps utopian fantasies around extravagantly dres

This volume investigates the early modern understanding of twinship through new readings of plays, informed by discussions of twins appearing in such literature