- Abstract:
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This paper deals with scenes of salvage and salvation in a number of nineteenth-century ballets which were mostly inspired by works of literature, and their afterlives. The term ‘salvage’ will be used in several metaphorical senses here. By tracing back ‘salvage’ to its wider etymological origins in the Latin word ‘saluus’, which refers to both physical and spiritual salvation, I will employ this term to describe the saving of the bodies and souls of ballet protagonists. I will argue that the...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
- Version:
- Accepted manuscript
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Comparative Critical Studies Journal website
- Volume:
- 14
- Issue:
- 2-3
- Pages:
- 169-186
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-11
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-03-10
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1750-0109
- ISSN:
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1744-1854
- Pubs id:
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pubs:848130
- URN:
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uri:744a348b-85ab-4717-ae67-d940b3a22044
- UUID:
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uuid:744a348b-85ab-4717-ae67-d940b3a22044
- Local pid:
- pubs:848130
- Copyright holder:
- Edinburgh University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018. Edinburgh University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Edinburgh University Press at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ccs.2017.0234
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Brigands in pointe shoes and selfless spirits: Salvage and salvation in nineteenth-century ballets
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