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Gilbert and Sullivan : gender, genre, parody /
An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Gender and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Genres. Outmoding classical extravaganza, Englishing opéra bouffe: Thespis ; Gender in the breach: Trial by jury ; English magic, English intoxication: The sorcerer ; "Never mind the why and wherefore": the parody of nautical melodrama in H.M.S. Pinafore ; Recollecting illegitimacy: The pirates of Penzance
- Part II. Genders. New light on changing gender norms: Patience ; Transforming the fairy genes: Women on top in Iolanthe ; War between the sexes: Princess Ida
- Part III. Cultures. Estrangement and familiarity: The Mikado ; Mixing it up: gothic and nautical melodrama in Ruddigore ; The past is a foreign country: The yeomen of the guard ; Imaginary republicanism: The gondoliers ; Capitalism and colonialism: Utopia, limited ; Continental recollections : The grand duke
- After Gilbert and Sullivan: the momentum of parody.