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Definition of Burlesques
1. burlesque [v] - See also: burlesque
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burlesques
Literary usage of Burlesques
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cornhill Magazine by George Smith (1861)
"But let us see how Aristophanes set about reforming the Greek drama by means of
his burlesques. In the Fi-ogs, which is especially devoted to that object, ..."
2. Thackeray by Anthony Trollope (1900)
"THACKERAY'S burlesques. As so much of Thackeray's writing partakes of the ...
The volume called burlesques, published in 1869, begins with the Novels by ..."
3. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"... afterwards famous as Mrs. Clive.1 The latter was a favourite with ' heavy
leads' as late as the late Sam Phelps. But, the burlesques apart, Fielding's f ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"... or, more specifically, an imaginary character behind which Thackeray, in his
early magazine sketches, novels, and burlesques, hid his own personality. ..."
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