Lelia’s kiss : imagining gender, sex and marriage in Italian Renaissance comedy

Acknowledgments . . ix
Introduction: Lelia's Kiss and Renaissance Comedy . . 3

1 Women in Men's Clothing: Female Cross-Dressing Plays and the Construction of Feminine Identity . . 24
2 Woman with Woman: 'Ma che potra succedermi se io donna amo una Donna?' . . 76
3 Men in Women's Clothing: Male Cross-Dressing Plays and the Construction of Masculine Identity . . 113  
4 Pedants, Candlemakers, and Boys: Sodomy and Comedy . . 153
5 The Playing of Matrimony . . 193

Notes . . 233
Bibliography . . 283
Index . . 305