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Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody by Carolyn Williams: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody
- Publication Date
- 2010-11-25
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 0231148046
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231148046
ISBN-13
9780231148047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102913463
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Publication Name
Gilbert and Sullivan : Gender, Genre, Parody
Language
English
Subject
History & Criticism, Theater / General, General, Women's Studies, Genres & Styles / Opera, Individual Composer & Musician
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Literary Criticism, Performing Arts, Social Science
Series
Gender and Culture Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
29.1 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-018859
Reviews
"A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal, An outstanding pick... this is a recommendation for any college-level course in Gilbert and Sullivan, and for readers who would receive a fine reinterpretation of their works and impact., Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read., this book will be an important reference point for future discussions of Gilbert and Sullivan, gender, and the Victorian stage., Unmodified rapture should best describe the scholarly reponse to this exciting contribution to a broad swath of disciplines..., Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
782.1/20922
Table Of Content
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
Synopsis
Long before the satirical comedy of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report , the comic operas of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan were the hottest send-ups of the day's political and cultural obsessions. Gilbert and Sullivan's productions always rose to the level of social commentary, despite being impertinent, absurd, or inane. Some viewers may take them straight, but what looks like sexism or stereotype was actually a clever strategy of critique. Parody was a powerful weapon in the culture wars of late-nineteenth-century England, and with defiantly in-your-face sophistication, Gilbert and Sullivan proved that popular culture can be intellectually as well as politically challenging. Carolyn Williams underscores Gilbert and Sullivan's creative and acute understanding of cultural formations. Her unique perspective shows how anxiety drives the troubled mind in the Lord Chancellor's "Nightmare Song" in Iolanthe and is vividly realized in the sexual and economic phrasing of the song's patter lyrics. The modern body appears automated and performative in the "Junction Song" in Thespis , anticipating Charlie Chaplin's factory worker in Modern Times . Williams also illuminates the use of magic in The Sorcerer , the parody of nautical melodrama in H.M.S. Pinafore , the ridicule of Victorian aesthetic and idyllic poetry in Patience , the autoethnography of The Mikado , the role of gender in Trial by Jury , and the theme of illegitimacy in The Pirates of Penzance . With her provocative reinterpretation of these artists and their work, Williams recasts our understanding of creativity in the late nineteenth century.
LC Classification Number
ML410.S95W45 2010
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