Dancing out of line : ballrooms, ballets, and mobility in Victorian fiction and culture /

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Dancing out of Line transports readers back to the 1840s, when the craze for social and stage dancing forced Victorians into a complex relationship with the moving body in its most voluble, volatile form. By partnering cultural discourses with representations of the dance and the dancer in novels su...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engelhardt, Molly (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Dance in literature.
Manners and customs in literature.
Dance > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Dance > Moral and ethical aspects > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Danse dans la littérature.
Mœurs et coutumes dans la littérature.
Danse > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Danse > Aspect moral > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Dance > Moral and ethical aspects.
Dance > Social aspects.
English fiction.
Manners and customs.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The natural accidents of dancing
  • Jane Austen and the semiotics of dance: the manner of reading
  • Reckless debutantes and the spectacle of "coming out"
  • Sylphs in the parlor
  • catch them if you can
  • Seeds of discontent : dance manias, medical inquiry, and Victorian (ill) health
  • The mourning after : dancing the Victorians past.

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