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Dancing Through Time

Allison Thompson

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  • 272 sidor
  • 2012
From Chaucer to Fitzgerald, writers have used dancing as a vital, if subtle, element in plot and character development. The ballroom, an important element of society in real life, was a backdrop to grand passions or pivotal encounters--ideal ground for commentary on the social milieu. This work presents 88 literary selections (from etiquette manuals, diaries, poems, plays, essays and novels) that together form a survey of social dance in England and America over a span of 500 years. They illustrate specific dances, social dance behavior or the intimate reactions of participants. One finds, for example, the ultimate downfalls of Flaubert's Emma Bovary, Hardy's Eustacia Vye, and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina are all foretold in pivotal dance scenes. Fully indexed.
  • Författare: Allison Thompson
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780786473915
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-11-19
  • Förlag: McFarland & Co Inc