Burlesque plays were written to undermine the artistic pretensions of heroic tragedy, from the artificiality of its rhymed form, to its strutting heroes and their naive heroic assumptions. This anthology, which includes plays by Buckingham, Gay, Carey, and Fielding, reflects the marvellous parodying of this form, which with its barbed allusions, refreshing frankness about sexual mores, and mock-pedantic footnotes continues to make hilarious reading today.
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Burlesque plays were written to undermine the artistic pretensions of heroic tragedy, from the artificiality of its rhymed form, to its strutting heroes and their naive heroic assumptions. This anthology, which includes plays by Buckingham, Gay, Carey, and Fielding, reflects the marvellous parodying of this form, which with its barbed allusions, refreshing frankness about sexual mores, and mock-pedantic footnotes continues to make hilarious reading today.
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Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1st edition thus in soft cover format, 8vo, 367pp, card covers showing light wear, edges tanned and a little spotted o/w G Copy.
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8vo. Original printed card covers(softback) (top edge spotted and spine creased-otherwise VG). Pp. xvi + 367 (pages a little tanned at edges; previous owner's neat inscription front inside cover).
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