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What happens, when dance and literature meet; when movement is integrated into the literary world or even replaces verbal communication? This study explores dance in British literature from Shakespeare to Yeats, and illustrates the many ways in which these two forms of artistic expression can enter into various kinds of intermedial encounters and cultural alliances.

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Author:   Maria Marcsek-Fuchs
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   8
Weight:   0.471kg
ISBN:  

9789004292567

ISBN 10:   900429256
Pages:   298
Publication Date:   05 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. THEORY: Mediality and Literalised Dance 2.1. Definition of Medium 2.2. Literature as Medium 2.2.1. A Semiotic Perspective on Literature 2.2.2. From a Semiotic to a Cultural Perspective on Literature 2.3. Dance as Medium . 2.3.1. General Statements 2.3.2. A Semiotic Perspective on Dance 2.3.2.1. Movement 2.3.2.2. Time 2.3.2.3. Space 2.3.3. From a Semiotic through a Cultural to an Intermedial Perspective on Dance 2.3.3.1. Dance Genres as Markers of Class, National Identity, and Gender 2.3.3.2. The Body and Signification . 3. TYPOLOGY: Literalised Dance as Intermedial Encounter 3.1. Intermediality as a Concept 3.2. Toward a Typology of Literalised Dance 3.2.1. A Semiotic Approach 3.2.1.1. Extra-compositional Intermediality 3.2.1.2. Intra-compositional Intermediality 3.2.2. A Cultural Approach 3.2.2.1. Literalised Dance as a Platform for Cultural Discourse . 3.2.2.2. Representations of Dance Culture in Poetry and Caricature 4. CASE STUDIES: Literalised Dance in British Drama 4.1. Dance in British Drama from the Renaissance to the 18th Century 4.1.1. Plurimediality in Renaissance Masques— Dance as Allegory of Order: Jonson’s Hymenaei and Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Jonson’s Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue, Milton’s Comus 4.1.2. Intermedial Reference and Cultural Ridicule in Restoration and 18th Century Comedy: Wycherley’s The Gentleman Dancing Master, Sheridan’s The Rivals 4.2. Dance in British Drama of the 19th Century 4.2.1. Popular Literature and the Waltz 4.2.1.1. The Waltz: A Public Scandal and its Poetic Representations 4.2.1.2. The Waltz in 19th Century ‘Illegitimate’ Drama 4.2.2. Elitist Drama and Modern Dance 4.2.2.1. Presence through Absence: Oscar Wilde’s Salome 4.2.2.2. The Revolution of Modernism: Yeats and Modern Dance 5. Conclusion Works Cited List of Illustrations Index

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Maria Marcsek-Fuchs is a lecturer of British Literary and Cultural Studies at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. She studied English and German Studies at the University of Regensburg and completed her Doctorate (PhD) at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. She also holds a Degree (Diploma) in Choreography from the Palucca University of Dance in Dresden and completed her Dance Studies at the Joffrey Ballet School and the School of American Ballet, New York. Her research interests include Intermediality and Adaptation Studies, Shakespeare Studies, Popular and Participatory Culture as well as 19th Century Drama. She founded the Tanz-Sport-Theater at the Universität Regensburg and is currently director of the TUBS-Players at the Technische Universität Braunschweig.

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