Satire in the Works of W.S. Gilbert

Satire in the Works of W.S. Gilbert
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Synopsis Satire in the Works of W.S. Gilbert by : Dean Burton Farnsworth

Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert

Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 9781000699890
ISBN-13 : 1000699897
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Synopsis Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert by : Richard Moore

In The Progress of Fun W.S. Gilbert was considered, not as a ‘classic Victorian’, but as part of an on-going comedic continuum stretching from Aristophanes to Joe Orton and beyond. Pipes and Tabors continues the story, covering the comedic experience differently by reference to genres. Here – treated in relation to a line of significant others – we discover how Gilbert responded to areas such as the Pastoral, the Irish drama, nautical scenarios, melodrama, sensation-theatre, the nonsensemode, pantomime spectaculars, fairy plays, and classical farce. Also included is a wider look at his relation to various European musical forms and (for instance) to the English line of wit and the Elizabethan pamphleteers. To consider a writer not so much by a study of individual works as by threads of linking generic modes tells us a great deal about cultural interconnections and the richly textured nature of theatrical experience. Pipes and Tabors offers a tapestry of overlapping genres and treatments, showing not just the design of the finished products but the shreds and patches which form the underside of the weave. According to Dorothy L. Sayers, life itself offers us the apparent loose ends of a design which will only be revealed from the front after death. In terms of Gilbertian comedy, we are privileged to be able to track both the effort of the weave and the skill of the finished product. On the way we will also discover some new links and sub-text implications about other 19th century denigrated groups which were buried from sight for too long.

W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy

W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 9780429859618
ISBN-13 : 0429859619
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Synopsis W.S. Gilbert and the Context of Comedy by : Richard Moore

To what extent is a great comic writer the product of his time? How far is he (or she) influenced by factors of personal psychology upbringing and environment? To what is the writing actually part of a long continuum in which there is continuity within change and change within continuity? The Progress of Fun considers principally the last of these areas, focussing on the case of W.S. Gilbert and challenging the frequently held view that he is pre-eminently a typical Victorian. This it does by tracing his roots back to Ancient Greek comedy and to the various comedic developments that have dominated Western Europe thereafter. Also included is a careful examination of the constraints and limitations that in various forms have long affected comedy-writing, and an evaluation of Gilbert’s particular skills and legacy within the on-going process. The whole is a suitable prelude to a second volume (Pipes and Tabors) which will consider Genre in W.S. Gilbert, again relating it to comedic precedents and the universally timeless within the particular.

Gilbert and Sullivan

Gilbert and Sullivan
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 498
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ISBN-10 : 9780231148054
ISBN-13 : 0231148054
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Synopsis Gilbert and Sullivan by : Carolyn Williams

An examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas, and how parody was used in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England.

How Quaint the Ways of Paradox!

How Quaint the Ways of Paradox!
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : 0810824450
ISBN-13 : 9780810824454
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Synopsis How Quaint the Ways of Paradox! by : Philip H. Dillard

Identifies 968 articles, monographs, and dissertations by and about Gilbert and Sullivan.

The Mikado, Or, The Town of Titipu

The Mikado, Or, The Town of Titipu
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Total Pages : 96
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89089137103
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Synopsis The Mikado, Or, The Town of Titipu by : Arthur Sullivan

Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840-1940

Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840-1940
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 0521024897
ISBN-13 : 9780521024891
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Synopsis Aestheticism and Sexual Parody 1840-1940 by : Dennis Denisoff

This original and provocative 2001 study discusses the work of a number of authors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to argue that mainstream society was enabled to accept the non-normative sexuality of the Aesthetic Movement chiefly through parody and self-parody. Highlighting Victorian popular culture, Aestheticism and Sexual Parody adds an important dimension to the theorisations of parody as a combative strategy by which sexually marginalized groups undermine the status quo. From W. S. Gilbert's drama and Vernon Lee and Christopher Isherwood's prose to George du Maurier's cartoons and Max Beerbohm's caricatures, Dennis Denisoff explores the parodies' interactions with the personae and texts of canonical authors such as Alfred Tennyson, Walter Pater, Algernon Swinburne, and Oscar Wilde. In doing so, he considers the impact that these interactions had on modern ideas of gender, sexuality, taste and politics.

Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies

Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9780429627170
ISBN-13 : 0429627173
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Synopsis Nineteenth-Century British Music Studies by : Peter Horton

Originally published in 2003 and selected from papers given at the third biennial conference on Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain, this volume, in common with its two predecessors, reflects the interdisciplinary character of the topic. The introductory essay by Julian Rushton considers some of the questions that are key to this area of study: what is the nineteenth century, what is British music, and did London influence the continent? The essays that follow are divided into broad thematic groups covering aspects of gender, church music, national identity, and local and national institutions. This collection illustrates that while nineteenth-century British music studies is still in its infancy as a field of research, it is one that is burgeoning and contributing to our understanding of British social and cultural life of the period.

Plays by W. S. Gilbert

Plays by W. S. Gilbert
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 206
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ISBN-10 : 0521235898
ISBN-13 : 9780521235891
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Synopsis Plays by W. S. Gilbert by : George Rowell

This edition includes four plays and one libretto, covering more than twenty years of the dramatist's career: The Palace of Truth (1870), Sweethearts (1874), Princess Toto (1876), Engaged (1877) and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). The collection demonstrates that Gilbert was an original dramatist in his own right. The sophisticated irony of his plays challenged the conventions of the Victorian burlesque and sentimental comedy by demanding, and receiving, an intelligent response from the audience. George Rowell's useful and thorough introduction, which presents the theatrical background to Gilbert's development, also shows the dramatist's influence on Pinero, Wilde and Shaw. Gilbert's style combines a technique rarely realistic and stretching to fantasy with a tone apparently cynical and in fact deeply pessimistic. This odd pairing of fantasy and fatalism was recognized by his own and later generations as 'Gilbertian' and the term has been widely applied even outside the theatre.

Aesthetic Movement Satire: A Dramatic Anthology

Aesthetic Movement Satire: A Dramatic Anthology
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781350417786
ISBN-13 : 1350417785
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Synopsis Aesthetic Movement Satire: A Dramatic Anthology by : John Hollingshead

From long-haired 'Fleshly Poets' to intense, 'ultra pre-Raphaelite' artists, few stylistic movements in the history of art and literature have provoked the imagination and indignation of British playwrights as much as the Aesthetic Movement. During an intense and short-lived period from 1877 to 1881, the London stage saw fierce competition as playwrights and theatre managers raced to capture the zeitgeist, capitalizing on the unorthodox, eccentric and highly theatrical proponents of the Aesthetic Movement. The 'quite too utterly utter' Apostles of this new school were satirized to such an extent that the Illustrated London News (1881) complained that the London stage was 'thickly sown over with a crop of lilies and sunflowers', with 'aesthetes in every burlesque and comic opera produced'. This edited volume brings the four key plays satirizing the Aesthetic Movement together for the first time in an easily accessible format, allowing scholars and students to discover their secrets: The Grasshopper by John Hollingshead (Gaiety Theatre, 1877) Where's The Cat? by James Albery (Criterion, 1880) The Colonel by F.C. Burnand (Prince of Wales's Theatre, 1881) Patience by W.S. Gilbert (Opera Comique/Savoy, 1881) Including a brief introduction by Dr. Devon Cox, providing background and context to the dynamic, symbiotic relationship between the Aesthetic Movement and the British stage, and complete with biographical notes and an introduction to each play, Aesthetic Movement Satire: A Dramatic Anthology shines a light on this explosive flashpoint in British Theatre