Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature Horror Graphic Novels **WINNER OF THE HWA DEBUT

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Sapphic Crossings: Cross-Dressing Women in Eighteenth-Century British Literature Horror Graphic Novels **WINNER OF THE HWA DEBUTAcross 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 woman came to signal more than female independence or unconventional