Deep play : John Gay and the invention of modernity / Dianne Dugaw.
Deep play : John Gay and the invention of modernity / Dianne Dugaw.
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Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c2001.
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N821.5/20
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English
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322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Metaleptic Methods -- 1. The Beggar's Opera in the Twentieth Century: Brecht, Havel, and Ayckbourn Rewrite Macheath -- 2. Dangerous Sissy: The Life of John Gay and the Making of a "Manly" Canon -- 3. Apollo, Bowzybeus, and Molly Mog: Popular Culture, Print Markets, and Oral Traditions -- 4. V...
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Newark [Del.] : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Presses, c2001.
Place of Publication
Delaware
Date Published
c2001.
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"A major rereading of John Gay, this study shows that Gay's satiric preoccupations disclose the key intellectual, ethical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical underpinnings of the modern era. Such works as The Beggar's Opera, Trivia, Achilles, and The Shepherd's Week map the dynamics of the emerging capitalist order of eighteenth-century Britain. Disting...
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Deep play : John Gay and the invention of modernity / Dianne Dugaw.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-315) and index.
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c2001.
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N821.5/20
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74VvepbjGwed
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0874137314 (alk. paper)
9780874137316 (alk. paper)
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821.5
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991016964349702626
