Pointed Encounters : Dance in Post-Culloden Scottish Literature.
Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complic...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2014.
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Colección: | Scottish cultural review of language and literature ;
Volume 23. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter One The Strathspey as National Expression in Eighteenth-Century Song and Poetry; Chapter Two Masterful Narratives: Policing the Public Body and Positioning the Practice of National Dance; Chapter Three Choreographing Character, 1814-1815: The New Scottish Novels of Walter Scott and Christian Isobel Johnstone; Chapter Four Unauthorised Women in Scottish Novels, 1814-1824: Social Dance, Fictional Outings, and National Concerns ; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.