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Dance in the Renaissance : European fashion, French obsession / Margaret M. McGowan.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) GV1649 .M24 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGowan, Margaret M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--France--History--16th century.
- Dance.
- Dance--Europe--History--16th century.
- Renaissance--France.
- Renaissance.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- France.
- France--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Europe--Social life and customs--16th century.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The status of the dance
- Discourses on dancing
- Making a ballet
- Forms of dancing
- Dance conquers the Court I: François Ier and Henri II
- Dance conquers the Court II: Catherine de Médicis and her sons
- Dancing in the country
- Dance as transformation
- The rise of the professional.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [260]-316) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300115574
- 0300115571
- OCLC:
- 212432508
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