John Gay
The Beggar's Opera and Polly
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199642229
- author:
- John Gay
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OUP Oxford
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2013
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 7.50 (w) x 5.00 (h) x 0.40 (d)
- Genre:
- General & Miscellaneous Drama
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
The Beggar's Opera and Polly offers a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart. John Gay's daring mixture of caustic political satire, well-loved popular tunes, and a story of crime and betrayal set in the urban underworld of prostitutes and thieves was an overnight sensation. Published together for the first time, The Beggar's Opera and Polly showcase Gay's innovative use of criminal and rogue literature, as well as his treatment of gender and social commentary. This edition includes notes that explain criminal and underworld slang and the topical allusions that gave Gay's satire its edge. The text is accompanied by an appendix on the sources for the tunes used in the two plays, highlighting cases where the songs' original words give a bawdy or ironic double meaning to Gay's lyrics.
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