The Triumph of Pleasure
| Author | : Georgia Cowart |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2008-12-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780226116389 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0226116387 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (387 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Triumph of Pleasure by : Georgia Cowart
Download or read book The Triumph of Pleasure written by Georgia Cowart and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a particular focus on the court ballet, comedy-ballet, opera, and opera-ballet, Georgia J. Cowart tells the long-neglected story of how the festive arts deployed an intricate network of subversive satire to undermine the rhetoric of sovereign authority.
