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Dancing out of Line transports readers back to the 1840's, when the craze for social and stage dancing forced Victorians into a complex relationship with the moving body in its most voluble, volatile form. By partnering cultural discourses with representations of the dance and the dancer in novels such as Jane Eyre, Bleak House, and Daniel Deronda, Molly Engelhardt makes explicit many of the ironies underlying Victorian practices that up to this time have gone unnoticed in critical circles. She analyzes the role of the illustrious dance master, who created an

Dance --- Manners and customs in literature. --- Dance in literature. --- English fiction --- Dances --- Dancing --- Amusements --- Performing arts --- Balls (Parties) --- Eurythmics --- Dancing in literature --- Moral and ethical aspects --- History --- Social aspects --- History and criticism. --- Great Britain --- Social life and customs