John Gay's The Beggar's OperaHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1988 - 143 Seiten |
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... appears to be Jenny Diver , who betrays him as a lowlife Cleopatra should , with style and without regret . Gay , never forgetting that his genre was operatic satire , declined to develop any of his women ( or men , for that matter ) ...
... appears to be Jenny Diver , who betrays him as a lowlife Cleopatra should , with style and without regret . Gay , never forgetting that his genre was operatic satire , declined to develop any of his women ( or men , for that matter ) ...
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... ( appears analysis not symbol ) by making us feel that the dramatic thing is itself universal — the good meek husband , whether by poison or plain gin , is as much a murderer as Lucy . From whatever cause there is a queer note of tri ...
... ( appears analysis not symbol ) by making us feel that the dramatic thing is itself universal — the good meek husband , whether by poison or plain gin , is as much a murderer as Lucy . From whatever cause there is a queer note of tri ...
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Harold Bloom. appears to have been conceived as an amalgam of Charles Hitchen ( Under City - Marshal ) and Spurling , the Newgate turnkey . An an- ecdote in The Flying - Post for January 11 , 1729 , suggests that Gay , meeting Wild by ...
Harold Bloom. appears to have been conceived as an amalgam of Charles Hitchen ( Under City - Marshal ) and Spurling , the Newgate turnkey . An an- ecdote in The Flying - Post for January 11 , 1729 , suggests that Gay , meeting Wild by ...
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Mockpastoral as the Cult | 5 |
Mercenary Fathers Possessive Daughters | 37 |
The Beggars Triumph | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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