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Building on the light cast by a critical analysis of the woman-disguised-as-man dramatic convention in a comparative approach encompassing its use by Shakespeare and Lope de Vega, this paper focuses on how subtle implications emerging from the differences and similarities in the realisation of this motif may act as a reflection of the dramatic and social ethos of both national theatres.
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Nisa Cáceres, D., Moreno Soldevila, R. La mujer disfrazada de hombre en el teatro de Shakespeare y Lope de Vega: articulación e implicaciones de un recurso dramático. Neophilologus 86, 537–555 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019681228004
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