Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain Jos Stien Eelsingh was een Nederlands

Stien Eelsingh was een Nederlands schilderes die afwisselend in Amsterdam en Staphorst woonde en werkte

Just over one hundred and thirty years ago Charles Darwin

Don’t say I didn’t warn you

wordt geraakt door de schoonheid van het landschap

Politiek en persoonlijk leven waren bij Pieter Jelles nauw verweven

Literature and Dance in Nineteenth-Century Britain Jos Stien Eelsingh was een NederlandsLiterary 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