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Representation of Dance in Australian Novels: The Darkness Beyond the Stage-Lit Dream

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Representation of Dance in Australian Novels: The Darkness Beyond the Stage-Lit Dream

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This book is an analysis of the textual representation of dance in the Australian novel since the late 1890s. It examines how the act of dance is variously portrayed, how the word dance is used metaphorically to convey actual or imagined movement, and how dance is written in a novelistic form. The author employs a wide range of theoretical approaches including postcolonial studies, theories concerned with class, gender, metaphor and dance and, in particular, Jungs concept of the shadow and theories concerned with vision. Through these variegated approaches, the study critiques the common view that dance is an expression of joie de vivre, liberation, transcendence, order and beauty. This text also probes issues concerned with the enactment of dance in Australia and abroad, and contributes to an understanding of how dance is translated into literature. It makes an important contribution because the study of dance in Australian literature has been minimal, and this despite the reality that dance is prolific in Australian novels.

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Length 416 Pages
Imprint Heinemann Publishing
Released January 14, 2011
Identifier (ISBN) 17813821
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Melinda Jewell is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Melinda Jewell enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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