Modernism and the Choreographic Imagination Salome's Dance After 1890.

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An account of Salome's dance and its centrality within modernist performance.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Girdwood, Megan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.
Series:Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance Ser.
Subjects:
Salome > (Biblical figure)
Modernism (Literature)
Dance in literature.
Christian art and symbolism in literature.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Danse dans la littérature.
Symbolisme chrétien dans la littérature.
DRAMA / European / General
Christian art and symbolism in literature
Dance in literature
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1 'UNLOCATABLE BODIES': MODERNIST VEILED DANCERS FROM LOÏE FULLER TO MAUD ALLAN
  • 2 'THAT INVISIBLE DANCE': SYMBOLISM, SALOMÉ AND OSCAR WILDE'S CHOREOGRAPHIC AESTHETICS
  • 3 'HARMONIES OF LIGHT': CINÉ-DANCES AND WOMEN'S SILENT FILM
  • 4 'HERODIAS' DAUGHTERS HAVE RETURNED AGAIN': W. B. YEATS AND THE IDEAL BODY
  • EPILOGUE 'DANCED THROUGH ITS SEVEN PHASES': SAMUEL BECKETT AND THE LATE MODERNIST SALOME
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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