Victorian classical burlesques : a critical anthology /

The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day, the genre was also intensely metatheatrical and carries significance for recept...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Monrós Gaspar, Laura, Blanchard, E. L. (Edward L.), 1820-1889, Talfourd, Francis, 1828-1862, Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828-1860
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Collection:Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.
Sujets:
Blanchard, E. L. > (Edward L.), > 1820-1889. > Antigone.
Talfourd, Francis, > 1828-1862. > Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman.
Brough, Robert B. > (Robert Barnabas), > 1828-1860. > Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband.
Talfourd, Francis, > 1828-1862. > Electra in a new light.
1800-1899
Burlesque (Literature) > History and criticism.
English drama (Comedy) > Classical influences.
English drama (Comedy) > 19th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Comédie anglaise > Influence ancienne.
Comédie anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Literary studies: plays & playwrights.
Classical history > classical civilisation.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Burlesque (Literature)
English drama (Comedy)
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Why classical burlesque?
  • Enacting the past and the present
  • The histories of Victorian classical burlesque
  • Texts and contexts
  • Note on the texts and this edition
  • List of representative nineteenth-century classical burlesques
  • Antigone : travestie / Edward L. Blanchard
  • Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman / Francis Talfourd
  • Medea; or, the best of mothers, with a brute of a husband / Robert Brough
  • Electra in a new electric light / Francis Talfourd.

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