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

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

Wilson, Cheryl A.

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Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Cultu, Book 63

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1107404371
ISBN13: 9781107404373
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: May 10 2012
Pages: 220
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Literary critics often pursue analyses of music or painting and literature as 'sister arts', yet this was the first full-length study of the treatment of social dance in literature. A vital part of social life and courtship with its own symbolism, dance in the nineteenth century was a natural point of interest for novelists writing about these topics; and indeed ballroom scenes could themselves be used to further courtship narratives or illustrate other significant encounters. Including analyses of works by Jane Austen, W. M. Thackeray, George Eliot and Anthony Trollope, as well as extensive material from nineteenth-century dance manuals, Cheryl A. Wilson shows how dance provided a vehicle through which writers could convey social commentary and cultural critique on issues such as gender, social mobility and nationalism.

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