Williams Gilbert and Sullivan

Gender, Genre, Parody
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-231-51966-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Gender and Culture Series

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgattungen, Filmgenre

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Genres
1. Outmoding Classical Extravaganza, Englishing Opéra Bouffe: Thespis
2. Gender in the Breach: Trial by Jury
3. English Magic, English Intoxication: The Sorcerer
4. "Never Mind the Why and Wherefore": The Parody of Nautical Melodrama
in H.M.S. Pinafore
5. Recollecting Illegitimacy: The Pirates of Penzance
Part II. Genders
6. New Light on Changing Gender Norms: Patience
7. Transforming the Fairy Genres: Women on Top in Iolanthe
8. War Between the Sexes: Princess Ida
Part III. Cultures
9. Estrangement and Familiarity: The Mikado
10. Mixing It Up: Gothic and Nautical Melodrama in Ruddigore
11. The Past Is a Foreign Country: The Yeomen of the Guard
12. Imaginary Republicanism: The Gondoliers
13. Capitalism and Colonialism: Utopia, Limited
14. Continental Recollections: The Grand Duke
After Gilbert and Sullivan: The Momentum of Parody
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Carolyn Williams is professor of English at Rutgers University, where she teaches courses on Victorian literature, theater, and culture. She is the author of Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism, as well as numerous essays and articles.