Victorian Classical burlesques: a critical anthology / Laura Monrós-Gaspar
Material type: TextSeries: Bloomsbury studies in classical receptionPublisher: London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015Description: x, 298 pàgines : il·lustracions ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- sense mediació
- volum
- 9781472537867
Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Llibre | Biblioteca Barcelona | Biblioteca Barcelona BCN Lliure Accés | 792.73 MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 15/02/2024 | 1900086377 |
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"The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day, the genre was also intensely metatheatrical and carries significance for reception studies, the role and perception of women in Victorian society and the culture of artistic censorship. This anthology contains the annotated text of four major classical burlesques: Antigone Travestie (1845) by Edward L. Blanchard, Medea; or, the Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband (1856) by Robert Brough, Alcestis; the Original Strong-Minded Woman (1850) and Electra in a New Electric Light (1859) by Francis Talfourd. The cultural and textual annotations highlight the changes made to the scripts from the manuscripts sent to the Lord Chamberlain's office and, by explaining the topical allusions and satire, elucidate elements of the burlesques' popular cultural milieu." -- Prové de l'editor
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