The Triumph of Pleasure

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