| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 such as Jane Eyre, Bleak House, and Daniel Deronda, Molly Engelhardt makes explicit many of the ironies underlying Victorian practices that up to this time have gone unnoticed in critical circles. She analyzes the role of the illustrious dance master, who created an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Dance in literature.
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Dance in literature. |
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Manners and customs in literature.
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Manners and customs in literature. |
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Dance -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Dance -- Social aspects. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Dance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Dance -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Dance. |
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Engelhardt, Molly. Dancing out of line. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2009014835 |
| ISBN |
9780821443125 (electronic book) |
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0821443127 (electronic book) |
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9780821418888 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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0821418882 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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