Gilbert and Sullivan : : Gender, Genre, Parody /

Gilbert and Sullivan : : Gender, Genre, Parody / / Carolyn Williams.

Long before the satirical comedy of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the comic operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were the hottest send-ups of the day's political and cultural obsessions. Gilbert and Sullivan's productions always rose to the level of social commentary, despi...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Williams, Carolyn,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Gender and Culture Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (480 p.) :; 76 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Outmoding Classical Extravaganza, Englishing Opéra Bouffe
  • 2. Gender in the Breach
  • 3. English Magic, English Intoxication
  • 4. "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore"
  • 5. Recollecting Illegitimacy
  • 6. New Light on Changing Gender Norms
  • 7. Transforming the Fairy Genres
  • 8. War Between the Sexes
  • 9. Estrangement and Familiarity
  • 10. Mixing It Up
  • 11. The Past Is a Foreign Country
  • 12. Imaginary Republicanism
  • 13. Capitalism and Colonialism
  • 14. Continental Recollections
  • After Gilbert and Sullivan
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter
  • Preface
  • Introduction

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