Dancing out of line
Subtitle: ballrooms, ballets, and mobility in Victorian fiction and culture
By: Molly Engelhardt.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821418888
Subjects: English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Dance in literature; Manners and customs in literature; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Dance -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Dance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The natural accidents of dancing; title: Jane Austen and the semiotics of dance: the manner of reading; title: Reckless debutantes and the spectacle of "coming out"; title: Sylphs in the parlor; title: catch them if you can; title: Seeds of discontent : dance manias, medical inquiry, and Victorian health; title: The mourning after : dancing the Victorians past.