The Triumph of Pleasure
Louis XIV and the Politics of Spectacle
Publication supported by the Bevington Fund
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Prerogative of Pleasure
1 * Muses of Pleasure
Louis XIV’s Early Court Ballet, 1651–1661
2 * Muses of Power
Louis XIV’s Late Court Ballet, 1661–1669
3 * Muses of Satire
Le bourgeois gentilhomme & the Utopia of Theater
4 * Tragic Interlude
Reversals at the Paris Opéra, 1671–1697
5 * Sappho, Cythera & the Triumph of Love
The Ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1700–1713
6 * Carnival, Commedia dell’arte & the Triumph of Folly
The Ballet at the Paris Opéra, 1699–1718
7 * Watteau’s Cythera, the Opéra-Ballet & the Staging of Pleasure
Bibliography Index
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