Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain Jos De globe van Mercator

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Nassau uit de schaduw van Oranje geeft op basis van nieuw onderzoek een prachtig beeld van de Friese Nassaus en hun vehrouding tot hun neven in Holland: de familiebanden

wordt geraakt door de schoonheid van het landschap

Just over one hundred and thirty years ago Charles Darwin

Zusammen mit einem Werkverzeichnis leistet der Band damit einen Beitrag zur Erforschung der wenig beachteten deutschen Malerei zur Zeit des Dreißigjährigen Krieges

Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain Jos De globe van MercatorLiterary critics often pursue analyses of music or painting and literature as 'sister arts', yet this was the first full length study of the treatment of social dance in literature. A vital part of social life and courtship with its own symbolism, dance in the nineteenth century was a natural point of interest for novelists writing about these topics; and indeed ballroom scenes could themselves be used to further courtship narratives or illustrate