Experimental plays, conventional endings: Gender normativity and the female spectator of Shirley’s The Doubtful Heir
Critics have frequently argued about whether early modern plays like Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night are ultimately subversive or conservative in their attitudes towards gender and sexuality. Stephen Greenblatt, for example, claims that Twelfth Night’s conclusion confirms the desirability of both hetero...
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2022-12-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/15645 |