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The beggar's opera ; and, Polly / John Gay ; edited with an introduction and notes by Hal Gladfelder.
Author
Gay, John, 1685-1732
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Plays.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description
xlvii, 207 pages ; 20 cm.
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
PR3473 .B4 2013
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English drama
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Editor
Gladfelder, Hal
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Drama
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Series
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Polly.
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Summary note
In this work, John Gay turned the conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the then Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [xli]-xlv).
Contents
Introduction
Note on the text
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A chronology of John Gay
The beggar's opera
Polly
Appendix: The sources of Gay's airs
Explanatory notes.
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ISBN
9780199642229 ((pbk.))
0199642222 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2012286388
OCLC
826658708
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