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Victorian Epic Burlesques
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Author : Rachel Bryant Davies
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Victorian Epic Burlesques written by Rachel Bryant Davies and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with History categories.
This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy by Robert Brough (1858) and Ulysses; or the Ironclad Warriors and the Little Tug of War by F.C. Burnand (1865). Beloved legend, archaeological riddle and educational staple: Homer's epic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath were vividly reimagined in nineteenth-century Britain. Classical burlesques-exceptionally successful theatrical entertainments-continually mined the Iliad and Odyssey to lucrative comic effect. Burlesques combined song, dance and slapstick comedy with an eclectic kaleidoscope of topical allusions. From namedropping boxing legends to recasting Shakespearean combats, epic adaptations overflow with satirical commentary on politics, cultural highlights and everyday current affairs. In uncovering Homer's irreverently playful afterlife, this selection showcases burlesque's development and wide appeal. The critical introduction analyses how these plays contested the accessibility of classical antiquity and dramatic performance. Textual and literary annotations, with contemporary illustrations, illuminate the juxtaposed sources to establish these repackaged epics as indispensable tools for unlocking nineteenth-century social, cultural and political history. Resources for further study are available online.
Masculinity In Four Victorian Epics
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Author : Clinton Machann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-06
Masculinity In Four Victorian Epics written by Clinton Machann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Offering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic. This critical approach enables Machann to take advantage of important research in evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, among other scientific fields, and to bring the concept of human nature into his discussions of the poems. The importance of the Victorian long poem as a literary genre is reviewed in the introduction, followed by transformative close readings of the poems that engage with questions of gender, particularly representations of masculinity and the prevalence of male violence. Machann contextualizes his reading within the poets' views on social, philosophical, and religious issues, arguing that the impulses, drives, and tendencies of human nature, as well as the historical and cultural context, influenced the writing and thus must inform the interpretation of the Victorian epic.
Liberal Epic
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Author : Edward Adams
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2011-08-30
Liberal Epic written by Edward Adams and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Liberal Epic, Edward Adams examines the liberal imagination’s centuries-long dependence on contradictory, and mutually constitutive, attitudes toward violent domination. Adams centers his ambitious analysis on a series of major epic poems, histories, and historical novels, including Dryden’s Aeneid, Pope’s Iliad, Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Byron’s Don Juan, Scott’s Life of Napoleon, Napier’s History of the War in the Peninsula, Macaulay’s History of England, Hardy’s Dynasts, and Churchill’s military histories—works that rank among the most important publishing events of the past three centuries yet that have seldom received critical attention relative to their importance. In recovering these neglected works and gathering them together as part of a self-conscious literary tradition here defined as liberal epic, Adams provides an archaeology that sheds light on contemporary issues such as the relation of liberalism to war, the tactics for sanitizing heroism, and the appeal of violence to supposedly humane readers. Victorian Literature and Culture Series
Victorian Epic Burlesques
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Author : Rachel Bryant Davies
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-04
Victorian Epic Burlesques written by Rachel Bryant Davies and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-04 with History categories.
This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. Planché (1834); The Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy by Robert Brough (1858) and Ulysses; or the Ironclad Warriors and the Little Tug of War by F.C. Burnand (1865). Beloved legend, archaeological riddle and educational staple: Homer's epic tales of the Trojan War and its aftermath were vividly reimagined in nineteenth-century Britain. Classical burlesques-exceptionally successful theatrical entertainments-continually mined the Iliad and Odyssey to lucrative comic effect. Burlesques combined song, dance and slapstick comedy with an eclectic kaleidoscope of topical allusions. From namedropping boxing legends to recasting Shakespearean combats, epic adaptations overflow with satirical commentary on politics, cultural highlights and everyday current affairs. In uncovering Homer's irreverently playful afterlife, this selection showcases burlesque's development and wide appeal. The critical introduction analyses how these plays contested the accessibility of classical antiquity and dramatic performance. Textual and literary annotations, with contemporary illustrations, illuminate the juxtaposed sources to establish these repackaged epics as indispensable tools for unlocking nineteenth-century social, cultural and political history. Resources for further study are available online.
The Victorian Verse Epic
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Author : William Francis Condon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Victorian Verse Epic written by William Francis Condon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with English poetry categories.
Green Gold
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Author : Gabriel Hemery
language : en
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Release Date : 2019-04-18
Green Gold written by Gabriel Hemery and has been published by Unbound Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Fiction categories.
In 1850, young Scottish plant hunter John Jeffrey was despatched by an elite group of Victorian subscribers to seek highly prized exotic trees in North America. An early letter home told of a 1,200-mile transcontinental journey by small boat and on foot. Later, tantalising collections of seeds and plants arrived from British Columbia, Oregon and California, yet early promise soon withered. Four years after setting out, John Jeffrey, and his journals, disappeared without a trace. Was he lost to love, violence or the Gold Rush? Green Gold combines meticulous research with the fictional narrative of Jeffrey’s lost journals, revealing an extraordinary adventure.
Rorke S Drift
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Author : Michael Glover
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Rorke S Drift written by Michael Glover and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with categories.
Ideologies Of Epic
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Author : Colin Graham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Ideologies Of Epic written by Colin Graham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
Examines the cultural and national politics of the epic poem in the imperial context of the Victorian period. Tests and adapts Bakhtin's theory of epic as a national and monologic form by discussing the meeting of colonial discourses in epic poems originating from England--Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1869), Ireland--Samuel Ferguson's Congal (1872), and India--Edwin Arnold's Indian Idylls (1883) and The Song Celestial (1885). Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Victoriad Or The New World
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Author : Edmund Frederick J. Carrington
language : en
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Release Date : 2009-04
The Victoriad Or The New World written by Edmund Frederick J. Carrington and has been published by Kessinger Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04 with Literary Collections categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Victorian Epic
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Author : William Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-03-15
Victorian Epic written by William Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-15 with categories.
Explores one of the most dramatic episodes in British military history - and 24 VCs won in a single day.