Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
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Across the eighteenth century in Britain, readers, writers, and theater-goers were fascinated by women who dressed in men’s clothing–from actresses on stage who showed their shapely legs to advantage in men’s breeches to stories of valiant female soldiers and ruthless female pirates. Spanning genres from plays, novels, and poetry to pamphlets and broadsides, the cross-dressing … Continue reading Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature
