SOURCE: Saeger, James P. “Illegitimate Subjects: Performing Bastardy in King John.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 100, no. 1 (January 2001): 1-21.
In the following essay, Saeger discusses the Bastard's illustration of the developing relationship between identity and political legitimacy in King John, arguing that in the course of the drama Faulconbridge endeavors to assert an authentic nature for himself and for England.
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