[Read download] Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody (Gender and Culture Series)
·•●- Carolyn Williams ·•●-
| #2050098 in Books | 2012-02-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.10 x1.00 x6.00l,1.55 | File Name: 0231148054 | 480 pages
||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Absolutely brilliant analysis of the works of Gilbert & Sullivan|By Charles A Troy|This book was a revelation. Focusing on the three elements of the subtitle, Professor Williams devotes a chapter to each of the works in the G&S canon. She makes a persuasive case that Gilbert wrote each libretto as a parody of a particular theatrical genre that was popular at the time. She revi||A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal (Library Journal)
Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit to
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, despite being impertinent, absurd, or inane. Some viewers may take them straight, but what looks like sexism or stereotype was actually a clever strategy of critique. Parody w...
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