Items related to Pointed Encounters (Scottish Cultural Review of Language...
Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complicated role of social dancing in Scottish culture and identifies the hitherto unexplored motif of dance as an outwardly conforming, yet covertly subversive, expression of Scottish identity during the period. The volume draws upon diverse yet mutually revealing texts, from traditional dance and music to Sir Walter Scott and contemporary Scottish women novelists, to offer students and scholars of Scottish and English literature a fresh insight into the socio-cultural context of the British state after 1746.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Anne McKee Stapleton is a lecturer at the University of Iowa, where she teaches in the Department of English. Her primary areas of research and teaching include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scottish literature, Victorian fiction, and women’s narratives of quest and transformation. She earned her PhD at the University of Iowa and is a Member of the British Association of Teachers of Dance, Highland Branch.
Review:
Asking for more is, of course, itself an indication of how much this book has to offer. In this enjoyable and informative survey of the role of dance in the early nineteenth-century Scottish novel, Stapleton has expanded the contexts for talking about the national tale and concepts of national identity. -Pam Perkins, University of Manitoba, in Scottish Literary Review, vol. 7.2 2015, pp. 176-177"
"Asking for more is, of course, itself an indication of how much this book has to offer. In this enjoyable and informative survey of the role of dance in the early nineteenth-century Scottish novel, Stapleton has expanded the contexts for talking about the 'national tale' and concepts of national identity." -Pam Perkins, University of Manitoba, in Scottish Literary Review, vol. 7.2 2015, pp. 176-177
"Asking for more is, of course, itself an indication of how much this book has to offer. In this enjoyable and informative survey of the role of dance in the early nineteenth-century Scottish novel, Stapleton has expanded the contexts for talking about the 'national tale' and concepts of national identity." -Pam Perkins, University of Manitoba, in Scottish Literary Review, vol. 7.2 2015, pp. 176-177
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherBrill | Rodopi
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 9042038691
- ISBN 13 9789042038691
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 86.96
Shipping:
US$ 12.55
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Pointed Encounters: Pointed Encounters: Dance in Post-culloden Scottish Literature
Print on Demand
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 219 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # __9042038691
Buy New
US$ 86.96
Convert currency