Gilbert and Sullivan
Gender, Genre, Parody
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 intellect…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-231-14805-4
- EAN: 9780231148054
- Produktnummer: 12296216
- Verlag: Columbia University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.4 cm 706 g
- Abbildungen: 76 illus.
- Gewicht: 706
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
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.
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