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Language: en
Pages: 307
Authors: Richard Moore
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-03 - Publisher: Routledge

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To what extent is a great comic writer the product of his time? How far is he (or she) influenced by factors of personal psychology upbringing and environment?
Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Richard Moore
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-10-28 - Publisher: Routledge

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In The Progress of Fun W.S. Gilbert was considered, not as a ‘classic Victorian’, but as part of an on-going comedic continuum stretching from Aristophanes
Aristophanic Humour
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Peter Swallow
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-11 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as
American Musicals in Context
Language: en
Pages: 411
Authors: Thomas A. Greenfield
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-03-29 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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American Musicals in Context: From the American Revolution to the 21st Century gives students a fresh look at history-based musicals, helping readers to underst
Oscar Wilde in Context
Language: en
Pages: 437
Authors: Kerry Powell
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-12 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Oscar Wilde was a courageous individualist whose path-breaking life and work were shaped in the crucible of his time and place, deeply marked by the controversi