Victorian classical burlesques : a critical anthology

Title:

Author:

Monrós Gaspar, Laura, editor.

ISBN:

9781472537874

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception

Bloomsbury studies in classical reception.

Contents:

Why classical burlesque? -- Enacting the past and the present -- The histories of Victorian classical burlesque -- Texts and contexts -- Note on the texts and this edition -- List of representative nineteenth-century classical burlesques -- Antigone : travestie / Edward L. Blanchard -- Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman / Francis Talfourd -- Medea; or, the best of mothers, with a brute of a husband / Robert Brough -- Electra in a new electric light / Francis Talfourd.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Personal Subject:

Blanchard, E. L. (Edward L.), 1820-1889. Antigone.

Talfourd, Francis, 1828-1862. Alcestis, the original strong-minded woman.

Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828-1860. Medea, or, The best of mothers with a brute of a husband.

Talfourd, Francis, 1828-1862. Electra in a new light.

Subject Term:

Burlesque (Literature) -- History and criticism.

English drama (Comedy) -- Classical influences.

English drama (Comedy) -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Women in literature.