Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893)
This paper aims at studying how national identity was put into words and music by Gilbert in Sullivan in Utopia Limited (1893). Whereas the libretto reads like a mild Horatian satire of British institutions – in particular the system of corporate law, music sounds like the classical sublime eulogy o...
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| description | This paper aims at studying how national identity was put into words and music by Gilbert in Sullivan in Utopia Limited (1893). Whereas the libretto reads like a mild Horatian satire of British institutions – in particular the system of corporate law, music sounds like the classical sublime eulogy of a conquering nation – commercially, politically and militarily. Under the guise of a witty criticism relying on absurd, topsy-turvy situations and characters, Utopia Limited partakes of a vast national enterprise, building up and asserting the national identity of an imperialist kingdom. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a811c7378ca4f348d82cb943f7abd062022-12-21T20:29:24ZengCentre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation BritanniqueRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique0248-90152429-43732016-07-0121110.4000/rfcb.900Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893)Joël RichardThis paper aims at studying how national identity was put into words and music by Gilbert in Sullivan in Utopia Limited (1893). Whereas the libretto reads like a mild Horatian satire of British institutions – in particular the system of corporate law, music sounds like the classical sublime eulogy of a conquering nation – commercially, politically and militarily. Under the guise of a witty criticism relying on absurd, topsy-turvy situations and characters, Utopia Limited partakes of a vast national enterprise, building up and asserting the national identity of an imperialist kingdom.http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/900HandeloratoriosatireBritishness |
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| title | Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893) |
| title_full | Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893) |
| title_short | Britishness… Limited – National identity and citizenship in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Utopia Limited (1893) |
| title_sort | britishness limited national identity and citizenship in gilbert and sullivan s utopia limited 1893 |
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