| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender and culture
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Gender and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Operas.
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Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
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Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. |
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Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. |
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Gilbert, William Schwenck, 1836-1911. |
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Operas (Sullivan, Arthur) |
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Opera -- England -- 19th century.
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Opera. |
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England. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Parody in music.
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Parody in music. |
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Sex role in music.
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Sex role in music. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Carolyn, 1950- Gilbert and Sullivan. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011 9780231148047 (DLC) 2010018859 (OCoLC)611553810 |
| ISBN |
9780231519663 (electronic book) |
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0231519664 (electronic book) |
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9780231148047 |
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0231148046 |
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