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Author

Engelhardt, Molly.

Title Dancing out of line [electronic resource] : ballrooms, ballets, and mobility in Victorian fiction and culture / Molly Engelhardt.

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiii, 226 p. : ill.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	Dance in literature.
	Manners and customs in literature.
	Dance -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Dance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780821418888 (hc : alk. paper)
	0821418882 (hc : alk. paper)
	9780821443125 (electronic bk.)