{"product_id":"oliver-a-dickensian-musical-9780199364824","title":"Oliver!: A Dickensian Musical","description":"When the show was first produced in 1960, at a time when transatlantic musical theatre was dominated by American productions, \u003cem\u003eOliver! \u003c\/em\u003ealready stood out for its overt Englishness. But in writing \u003cem\u003eOliver!\u003c\/em\u003e, librettist and composer Lionel Bart had to reconcile the Englishness of his Dickensian\u003cbr\u003esource with the American qualities of the integrated book musical. To do so, he turned to the musical traditions that had defined his upbringing: English music hall, Cockney street singing, and East End Yiddish theatre. This book reconstructs the complicated biography of Bart's play, from its early\u003cbr\u003einception as a pop musical inspired by a marketable image, through its evolution into a sincere Dickensian adaptation that would push English musical theatre to new dramatic heights. The book also addresses \u003cem\u003eOliver!\u003c\/em\u003e's phenomenal reception in its homeland, where audiences responded to the musical's\u003cbr\u003eEnglishness with a nationalistic fervor. The musical, which has more than fulfilled its promise as one of the most popular English musicals of all time, remains one of the country's most significant shows. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Marc Napolitano shows how \u003cem\u003eOliver!\u003c\/em\u003e's popularity has ultimately exerted a significant influence on two separate cultural trends. Firstly, Bart's adaptation forever impacted the culture text of Dickens's \u003cem\u003eOliver Twist\u003c\/em\u003e; to this day, the general perception of the story and the innumerable allusions\u003cbr\u003eto the novel in popular media are colored heavily by the sights, scenes, sounds, and songs from the musical, and virtually every major adaptation of from the 1970s on has responded to Bart's work in some way. Secondly, \u003cem\u003eOliver!\u003c\/em\u003e helped to move the English musical forward by establishing a post-war\u003cbr\u003eEnglish musical tradition that would eventually pave the way for the global dominance of the West End musical in the 1980s. As such, Napolitano's book promises to be an important book for students and scholars in musical theatre studies as well as to general readers interested in the megamusical.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Napolitano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199364824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Napolitano\u003c\/strong\u003e is an assistant professor of English at the United States Military Academy, West Point. He attained his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where his research interests included Victorian literature, Dickensian studies, and adaptation theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39959077945459,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":46.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6bf9e7f5-eae9-4a5e-8a54-110fb054c874.jpg?v=1648740806","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/oliver-a-dickensian-musical-9780199364824","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}