Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain - Jane Austen to the New Woman

Klappentext This book explores how dance provided a vehicle through which nineteenth-century writers could convey social commentary and social critique. Zusammenfassung This book analyses works by Jane Austen! W. M. Thackeray! George Eliot and Anthony Trollope! as well as extensive material from nineteenth-century dance manuals! to show how dance provided a vehicle through which writers could convey social commentary and cultural critique on issues such as gender! social mobility! and nationalism. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The culture of dance; 2. Almack's: dancing at the center of the world; 3. Heritage and hierarchy: the English country dance; 4. Social circles and dance squares: the quadrille; 5. Les contretemps dangereaux: enter the waltz; Afterword: confessions of a lady patroness; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Cheryl A. Wilson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781107404373
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40437-3
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteent
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies