Pointed encounters : dance in post-Culloden Scottish literature / Anne McKee Stapleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stapleton, Anne McKee, author.

Series:

Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; Volume 23.

Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature ; Volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottish literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Scottish literature.

Collective memory--Scotland--19th century.

Collective memory.

Folk dancing, Scottish--Scotland--In literature--18th century--History and criticism.

Folk dancing, Scottish.

Collective memory--Scotland--18th century.

Scottish literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Amsterdam, Netherlands : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complicated role of social dancing in Scottish culture and identifies the hitherto unexplored motif of dance as an outwardly conforming, yet covertly subversive, expression of Scottish identity during the period. The volume draws upon diverse yet mutually revealing texts, from traditional dance and music to Sir Walter Scott and contemporary Scottish women novelists, to offer students and scholars of Scottish and English literature a fresh insight into the socio-cultural context of the British state after 1746.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The Strathspey as National Expression in Eighteenth-Century Song and Poetry

Masterful Narratives: Policing the Public Body and Positioning the Practice of National Dance

Choreographing Character, 1814-1815: The New Scottish Novels of Walter Scott and Christian Isobel Johnstone

Unauthorised Women in Scottish Novels, 1814-1824: Social Dance, Fictional Outings, and National Concerns

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index

18th- and 19th-century scottish literature.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

94-012-1111-6

OCLC:

897069604

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401211116 DOI