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Article: Cross-dressing, gender, and absolutism in the Beaumont and Fletcher plays.(Abstracts)(Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher)(Brief Article)
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- Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
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- March 22, 2004
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Cross-dressing in the Beaumont and Fletcher canon marks anxieties or conflicted ideas about royal absolutism. Love's Cure, The Loyal Subject, Philaster, and The Maid's Tragedy display anxiety about the intersection of gender and authority. Tragicomic dramaturgy lends itself to the social function of embodying rather than resolving ...
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