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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engelhardt, Molly.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Dance in literature.

Manners and customs in literature.

Dance--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Dance.

Dance--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dancing out of Line transports readers back to the 1840's, 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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443125

0821443127

OCLC:

742512905