 ... with two left legs, two right legs, two wooden legs, two wire legs, two spring legs - all sorts of legs and no legs - what is this to him? And in what walk of life, or dance of life, does man ever get such stimulating applause as thunders about him,...  The St. Petersburg English Review, of Literature, the Arts, and Sciences - Seite 3001842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Department of English University of Virginia Eric Lott Associate Professor - 1993 - 332 Seiten
...simulacral dilemma almost unawares in his account of Juba when he says, in a final flourish, that the dancer "finishes by leaping gloriously on the bar-counter,...of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound!" (139). It was hard to see the real thing without being reminded, even unfavorably, of the copy, the... | |
 | Cecelia Conway - 1995 - 428 Seiten
...get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously...of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound!" John Diamond, another renowned dancer, revealed the minstrels' respect for the incredible talents of... | |
 | Annemarie Bean, James V. Hatch, Brooks McNamara - 1996 - 332 Seiten
...get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously...of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound? In 1844 Diamond and Juba engaged in a series of dance contests, from which Juba emerged as the "King... | |
 | Michael Batterberry, Ariane Ruskin Batterberry - 1999 - 416 Seiten
...get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously...of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound. These impressions were gathered by Dickens on his first extended trip in 1842 and included in American... | |
 | Colin Counsell, Laurie Wolf - 2001 - 268 Seiten
...simulacral dilemma almost unawares in his account of Juba when he says, in a final flourish, that the dancer 'finishes by leaping gloriously on the bar-counter,...million of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound!'4 It was hard to see the real thing without being reminded, even unfavorably, of the copy, the... | |
 | Paul Gilmore - 2001 - 292 Seiten
...wooden legs, two wire legs, two spring legs — all sorts of legs and no legs. ... he finishes . . . with the chuckle of a million of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound!"''2 Lane's performances verge on the unreal, as he becomes a counterfeit of a counterfeit and... | |
 | Kenneth T. Jackson, David S. Dunbar - 2002 - 1020 Seiten
...get such stimulating applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously...of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound! The air, even in these distempered parts, is fresh after the stifling atmosphere of the houses; and... | |
 | Eric Homberger - 2002 - 282 Seiten
...danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finishes by leaping gloriously on the bar counter, and calling for something to drink, with the chuckle of a million counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound! A study of the position of blacks in New York City... | |
 | Leslie M. Harris - 2003 - 393 Seiten
...danced his partner off her feet ... he finishes by leaping glouriously [sic] on the bar-counter . . . with the chuckle of a million of counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound!" Similar to the minstrel performers of the period, Dickens combined disgust and admiration in his depictions... | |
 | André Lepecki - 2004 - 196 Seiten
...applause as thunders about him, when, having danced his partner off her feet, and himself too, he finished by leaping gloriously on the bar-counter, and calling...something to drink, with the chuckle of a million counterfeit Jim Crows, in one inimitable sound?25 Dances of Actionable Assertion To answer Dickens's... | |
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