50_Bab_Ballads_50篇巴布歌谣

作者：W. S. Gilbert

播音：Graham Redman

音频：42

更新：44

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TheBabBalladsareacollectionoflightversebyW.S.Gilbert,illustratedwithhisowncomicdrawings.GilbertwrotetheBalladsbeforehebecamefamousforhiscomicoperalibrettoswithArthurSullivan.InwritingtheBabBallads,Gilbertdevelopedhisunique"topsy-turvy"style,wherethehumourwasderivedbysettinguparidiculouspremiseandworkingoutitslogicalconsequences,howeverabsurd.TheBalladsalsorevealGilbert'scynicalandsatiricalapproachtohumour.Theybecamefamousontheirown,aswellasbeingasourceforplotelements,charactersandsongsthatGilbertwouldrecycleintheGilbertandSullivanoperas.TheBabBalladstaketheirnamefromGilbert'schildhoodnickname,andhelaterbegantosignhisillustrations"Bab".