The problem of Cross-dressing in Ælfric’s Life of St Eugenia
Ælfric of Eynsham’s Life of St Eugenia is an account of a holy cross-dresser’s life who infiltrates and eventually heads a patriarchal community of monks in the vicinity of Alexandria and, following the exposure of her real sex, establishes a community of virgins and chaste widows in Rome. The prese...
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Polish Association for the Study of English
2016-06-01
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Series: | Polish Journal of English Studies |
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Online Access: | http://pjes.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jacek-Olesiejko-The-problem-of-Cross-dressing-in-AElfrics-Life-of-St-Eugenia.pdf |