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The triumph of pleasure : Louis XIV & the politics of spectacle

Title
The triumph of pleasure : Louis XIV & the politics of spectacle / Georgia J. Cowart.
Author
Cowart, Georgia.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Description
xxiii, 299 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), music; 24 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-279) and index.
Contents
Muses of pleasure : Louis XIV's early court ballet, 1651-1660 -- Muses of memory : Louis XIV's late court ballet, 1661-1669 -- Muses of satire : Le bourgeois gentilhomme & the utopia of spectacle -- Tragic interlude : reversals at the Paris Opéra, 1671-1697 -- Sappho, Cythera & the triumph of love : the ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1700-1713 -- Carnival, commedia dell'arte & the triumph of folly : the ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1699-1718 -- Watteau's Cythera, the opéra-ballet & the staging of pleasure.
Call Number
JME 09-249
ISBN
  • 9780226116389 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226116387 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780226211558 (paperback)
  • 022621155X (paperback)
LCCN
2008019417
OCLC
227000202
Author
Cowart, Georgia.
Title
The triumph of pleasure : Louis XIV & the politics of spectacle / Georgia J. Cowart.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-279) and index.
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JME 09-249
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