Genres and Provenance in the Comedy of W.S. Gilbert: Pipes and Tabors - Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature 1st edition

In The Progress of Fun W. S. Gilbert was considered, not as a ‘classic Victorian’, but as part of an on-going comedic continuum stretching from Aristophanes to Joe Orton and beyond. Pipes and Tabors continues the story, covering the comedic experience differently by reference to genres.