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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/261176732 Title: Literature and dance in nineteenth-century Britain : Jane Austen to the new woman Author: Cheryl A Wilson Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN/ISSN: 9780521519090 0521519098 OCLC:261176732

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Literature and dance in nineteenth-century Britain : Jane Austen to the new woman

Author:	Cheryl A Wilson
Publisher:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 63.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Includes analyses of works by Jane Austen, W.M. Thackeray, George Eliot and Anthony Trollope, 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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Subjects	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Dance in literature. English fiction. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Criticism, interpretation, etc
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Cheryl A Wilson Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780521519090 0521519098
OCLC Number:	261176732
Description:	xi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction -- The culture of dance -- Almack's: dancing at the center of the world -- Heritage and hierarchy: the English country dance -- Social circles and dance squares: the quadrille -- Les contretemps dangereaux: enter the waltz -- Afterword: confessions of a lady patroness.
Series Title:	Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture, 63.
Responsibility:	Cheryl A. Wilson.
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