CONTRADICTION
CONTRADICTED: The Plays of W.S. Gilbert
by Andrew
Crowther
Associated University
Presses (Cranbury NJ & London).ISBN: 0-8386-3839-2
U.S. price: $39.50.......U.K. price: £30
This book is a study of the full range of Gilbert's plays, right through from Uncle Baby to The Hooligan. It's a revised version of my MPhil thesis, submitted at the beginning of 1998.
"one of the most enjoyable scholarly books I've seen for a long time" (Max Keith Sutton, author of W.S. Gilbert [1975])
"An intelligent, measured, well-focused study.... no Gilbertian should ignore its insights" (Jonathan Strong in the Sir Arthur Sullivan Society Magazine no.52, Spring 2001)
"virtually a masterpiece of consistent and vigorous clarity" (Marc Shepherd in Gilbert and Sullivan News Vol 3 no.2, Summer 2001)