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A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal Library Journal 10/15/10 Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. CHOICE 7/1/11 Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan. -- Josephine Lee Nineteenth Century Gender Studies Winter 2011, 7.3 Unmodified rapture should best describe the scholarly reponse to this exciting contribution to a broad swath of disciplines... Victorian Studies Winter 2012 this book will be an important reference point for future discussions of Gilbert and Sullivan, gender, and the Victorian stage. -- Benjamin D. O'Dell English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 Vol 55, No 4 [A] triumphant cultural history. -- Joseph Bristow Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 Vol 51, No 4

A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal Library Journal 10/15/10 Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. CHOICE 7/1/11 Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan. -- Josephine Lee Nineteenth Century Gender Studies Winter 2011, 7.3

A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal Library Journal Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. CHOICE Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan. -- Josephine Lee Nineteenth Century Gender Studies Unmodified rapture should best describe the scholarly reponse to this exciting contribution to a broad swath of disciplines... Victorian Studies this book will be an important reference point for future discussions of Gilbert and Sullivan, gender, and the Victorian stage. -- Benjamin D. O'Dell English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 [A] triumphant cultural history. -- Joseph Bristow Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 An outstanding pick... this is a recommendation for any college-level course in Gilbert and Sullivan, and for readers who would receive a fine reinterpretation of their works and impact. Midwest Book Review

A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal Library Journal 10/15/10 Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. CHOICE 7/1/11

A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal Library Journal 10/15/10 Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. CHOICE 7/1/11 Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan. -- Josephine Lee Nineteenth Century Gender Studies Winter 2011, 7.3 Unmodified rapture should best describe the scholarly reponse to this exciting contribution to a broad swath of disciplines... Victorian Studies Winter 2012

A superb examination of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas... Highly recommended.Library Journal * Library Journal * Rich, challenging, irritating, inspiring, provocative, just what one wants in a new G&S study, this is a worthwhile albeit tough read. * CHOICE * Williams substantive study is all the more praiseworthy because her biting insights into gender and sexuality, sharpened through the lens of contemporary critical theory, are tucked within what could pass as a much more staid study of Gilbert and Sullivan. -- Josephine Lee * Nineteenth Century Gender Studies * Unmodified rapture should best describe the scholarly reponse to this exciting contribution to a broad swath of disciplines... * Victorian Studies * this book will be an important reference point for future discussions of Gilbert and Sullivan, gender, and the Victorian stage. -- Benjamin D. O'Dell * English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 * [A] triumphant cultural history. -- Joseph Bristow * Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 * An outstanding pick... this is a recommendation for any college-level course in Gilbert and Sullivan, and for readers who would receive a fine reinterpretation of their works and impact. * Midwest Book Review *

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Carolyn Williams is professor of English at Rutgers University, where she teaches courses on Victorian literature, theater, and culture. She is the author of Transfigured World: Walter Pater's Aesthetic Historicism, as well as numerous essays and articles.

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