Engelhardt, Molly.

Dancing out of line ballrooms, ballets, and mobility in Victorian fiction and culture / [electronic resource] : Molly Engelhardt. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009. - xiii, 226 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






English fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Dance in literature.
Manners and customs in literature.
Dance--Social aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Dance--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Great Britain--19th century.


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


Electronic books.

PR878.D35 / E54 2009eb

823/.8093559

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