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Author:

Cowart, Georgia.

Title:

The triumph of pleasure : Louis XIV & the politics of spectacle / Georgia J. Cowart.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xxiii, 299 p. : ill. ; 1124 cm.

Subject:

Louis--XIV,--King of France,--1638-1715.
Music--Social aspects--France.
Music--Political aspects--France.
Ballet--France--History--17th century.
Ballet--France--History--18th century.
Musical theater--France--History--17th century
Musical theater--France--History--18th century
France--History--History--17th century.
France--History--History--18th century.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0226116387 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226116389 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)227000202

LCCN:

2008019417

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)