War and Peace in John Gay’s Polly: Literal, Figurative and Cynical

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2 février 2018

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Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle

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18e s. arts Grande-Bretagne guerres paix société History Literature, British Isles HIS015000 HBJD1

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Hostilities Conflict, Armed (War) Wars Armed conflict (War) Fighting Operas--History and criticism Opera, Comic Opera--History and criticism Comic opera Lyric drama

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Norman Simms, « War and Peace in John Gay’s Polly: Literal, Figurative and Cynical », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, ID : 10670/1.b577kd

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1. When the rebellious pirates Capstern and Laguerre under the nominal command of Macheath declare war against the whole world, they change, at least for a few minutes, the tone and texture of John Gay’s comic opera Polly (1729). Like its nominal first part, The Beggar’s Opera, this continuation set in the West Indies where several of the main characters from the earlier play have been transported or arrived as indentured labour, seems to work in a satirical mode. The strokes of satire are si...

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