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Dandy Paris and Patroclus the Vulgar Gent: Comic Pain and Masculinity in Trojan War Epic Burlesques of Nineteenth-Century London Stage
Tekijät: Ala-Lehtimäki, Henna
Kustantaja: Springer Nature
Julkaisuvuosi: 2026
Lehti: International Journal of the Classical Tradition
ISSN: 1073-0508
eISSN: 1874-6292
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-026-00738-3
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Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12138-026-00738-3
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/508994623
Rinnakkaistallenteen lisenssi: CC BY
Rinnakkaistallennetun julkaisun versio: Kustantajan versio
The nineteenth-century burlesques drew inspiration from various sources, including ancient epic and mythology, thus using the classics as a background for contemporary discussions. In this paper, the portrayal of comic pain and masculinity in two epic burlesques of the Trojan War—Thomas Dibdin’s Melodrame Mad! or, the Siege of Troy (1819) and Robert Brough’s Iliad; or, the Siege of Troy (1858)—is brought into closer analysis. Through the characters of Paris and Patroclus, the study explores how violence and comic humiliation served as means for constructing masculine ideals on stage. By parodying classical sources by transforming Homeric duels into pugilistic contests, their comic framing exposed cultural anxieties about effeminacy, social class and national identity.
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Open Access funding provided by University of Turku (including Turku University Central Hospital). The work was funded by the Kone Foundation as a part of the research project ‘Portrayals of pain and models of masculinity: the suffering male body in Western art and culture’. The author declares no conflicts of interest because of this support.
