Courtney Bailey Parker

Spectrums of Shakespearean Crossdressing

The Art of Performing Women

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Produktbeschreibung

Spectrums of Representation in Shakespearean Crossdressing examines the varied types of female characters in English Renaissance drama, drawing from a range of play texts themselves in order to investigate if evidence exists for varying performance practices for male-to-female crossdressing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781032087429
• ISBN-10: 1032087420
• Artikelnr.: 62150482

Autorenporträt

Courtney Bailey Parker is an Assistant Professor of English & Theatre Studies at Greenville University in Greenville, Illinois. She earned her Ph.D. in English Literature from Baylor University and her B.A. in the same subject from Mercer University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Spectrums of Theatrical Representation in Male-to-Female
Crossdressing
Chapter One: The Disguised Heroine and Castiglione's Shadow in
Shakespeare's Cross-Dressed Comedies
Chapter Two: An Amazon in the City: The Roaring Girl's Theatrical
Memorialization of Mary Frith
Chapter Three: Representing the Tragic Noblewoman in The Duchess of Malfi,
Romeo and Juliet, and Titus Andronicus
Chapter Four: Crossdressing for Comic Effect: The Remnants of Francis
Flute's Pitiful Thisby in the New Globe Theatre's 2012 Twelfth Night
Chapter Five: Female Falstaffs: Identifying the Man-Woman in English
Renaissance Drama
Coda
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