By William Davenport Adams
ISBN-10: 1523792183
ISBN-13: 9781523792184
William Davenport Adams, English journalist and writer (1851-1904)
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Table of Contents
- approximately This Book
- Preface
- The Beginnings Of Burlesque
- The Palmy Days
- Classical Burlesque
- Burlesque Of Faërie
- Burlesque Of History
- Burlesque Of Shakespeare
- Burlesque of contemporary Drama
- Burlesque Of Opera
- Burlesque Of Fiction And Song
- the recent Burlesque
- Footnotes
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