John Gay's The Beggar's OperaHarold Bloom Chelsea House Publishers, 1988 - 143 Seiten |
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... scenes Gay again brings Polly , Lucy , and Mac- heath together in Newgate after Lucy's attempt to poison Polly ... scene as a mock - heroic version of the classical myth called The Judgment ( or Choice ) of Hercules , the burlesque ...
... scenes Gay again brings Polly , Lucy , and Mac- heath together in Newgate after Lucy's attempt to poison Polly ... scene as a mock - heroic version of the classical myth called The Judgment ( or Choice ) of Hercules , the burlesque ...
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... scene changes to the condemned cell , Gay specifies " A Dance of Prisoners in Chains " at the end of act 3 , scene 12. This plainly grotesque dance is a low - life counter- part to the dignified ballet dancing that had been incorporated ...
... scene changes to the condemned cell , Gay specifies " A Dance of Prisoners in Chains " at the end of act 3 , scene 12. This plainly grotesque dance is a low - life counter- part to the dignified ballet dancing that had been incorporated ...
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... scene which parallels Peachum's opening scene , says that " of all the animals of prey , man is the only sociable one " ( 3.2 ) . Theirs is a law of self - interest , and one can un- derstand , even admit , their self - assessment as ...
... scene which parallels Peachum's opening scene , says that " of all the animals of prey , man is the only sociable one " ( 3.2 ) . Theirs is a law of self - interest , and one can un- derstand , even admit , their self - assessment as ...
Inhalt
Mockpastoral as the Cult | 5 |
Mercenary Fathers Possessive Daughters | 37 |
The Beggars Triumph | 43 |
Urheberrecht | |
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