My Lord Lackbeard: Enfranchisement and expressions of beardlessness in Shakespeare's canon from 1594 to 1601

William Shakespeare employs a series of male characters specifically described as beardless in those plays performed from 1594 to 1601. Will Fisher argues that such characters reveal early modern conceptions of masculinity; the beard was used in conjunction with other forms of material such as dress...

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Main Author: Junkins, C R
Format: Others
Published: Scholar Commons 2007
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/2234
http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3233&context=etd

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