Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology by Laura Monros-Gaspar

Victorian Classical Burlesques: A Critical Anthology

Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Laura Monros-Gaspar

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The Victorian classical burlesque was a popular theatrical genre of the mid-19th century. It parodied ancient tragedies with music, melodrama, pastiche, merciless satire and gender reversal. Immensely popular in its day, the genre was also intense...

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