The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard

The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard
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Publisher : Good Press
Total Pages : 597
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Synopsis The Bab Ballads, with Which Are Included Songs of a Savoyard by : W. S. Gilbert

The Bab Ballads is an incredible collection of light verses by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. This amusing book gets its title from Gilbert's childhood name, "Bab," meaning a baby. In composing these verses, Gilbert formed his "topsy-turvy" style in which the humor is obtained by setting up a hilarious assumption and working out its logical results, however ridiculous. The Ballads also demonstrate Gilbert's cynical and satirical approach to humor. These ballads became famous on their own and were a basis for plot elements, characters, and songs that Gilbert recycled in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. People used to read them aloud at private parties, public feasts, and even in the House of Lords. Gilbert did not start calling the collection The Bab Ballads until the first collection was published in 1869. After that, his new verses in his Fun collection were captioned "The Bab Ballads."

Songs of a Savoyard

Songs of a Savoyard
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Total Pages : 156
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433112042324
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Synopsis Songs of a Savoyard by : William Schwenck Gilbert

W.S. Gilbert

W.S. Gilbert
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Publisher : London : Methuen
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105037029548
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Synopsis W.S. Gilbert by : Sidney Dark

W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage).

W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage).
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Total Pages : 148
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Synopsis W.S. Gilbert. (Stars of the stage). by : Edith A. Browne

The Academy and Literature

The Academy and Literature
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Total Pages : 688
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112042706918
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Synopsis The Academy and Literature by :

Academy and Literature

Academy and Literature
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Total Pages : 688
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ISBN-10 : CHI:79227782
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Synopsis Academy and Literature by : Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton

Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art

Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art
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Total Pages : 690
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:C2650125
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Synopsis Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art by :

The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910

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
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis How Quaint the Ways of Paradox! by : Philip H. Dillard

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