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Cowart details the ideological intricacies embedded within and across a wide range of performance modes. . . . [Her] elegant prose and nuanced observations will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in cultural history and the arts. --Ane Hogan, Times Higher Education Supplement --Anne Hogan Times Higher Education Supplement

Cowart details the ideological intricacies embedded within and across a wide range of performance modes. . . . [Her] elegant prose and nuanced observations will appeal to a wide range of readers interested in cultural history and the arts. -- Anne Hogan Times Higher Education Supplement

A subtle, distinguished, and learned work. Through her careful, succinct descriptions and analyses of the dance and its place in the fetes at Louis XIV's court, Georgia Cowart elucidates a fundamental shift from the emphasis on the bombastic, glory-obsessed celebrations of war and conquest for the Sun King to performances that stressed the virtues of peace, sensual pleasure, and more private lifestyles. Well-researched and elegantly written, The Triumph of Pleasure will be welcomed by readers interested in elite and courtly cultures and by scholars who study the history of dance, music, and art. --Orest Ranum, Johns Hopkins University

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Georgia J. Cowart is professor of music at Case Western Reserve University.

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