Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody

by Carolyn Williams

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148046
• ISBN13: 9780231148047
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher