Casanova in the Enlightenment

Malina Stefanovska is a Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMalina Stefanovska Part I: Libertine Traces1. "Triompher par la force": Sexual Violence and Its Representation in Casanova’s History of My Life Raphaëlle Brin2. The Writer of Dux: Casanova’s Dialogue with His Ladies from Autobiography to CorrespondenceBruno Capaci3. Casanova and the Undifferentiated BodyMladen KozulPart II: Emerging Sociabilities4. Negotiating Sociabilities in Casanova’s History of My Life Clorinda Donato5. Casanova, Mercury, MercurioMalina Stefanovska6. Casanova, the Love of ParisPierre Saint-Amand7. Paris in Three MovementsChantal ThomasPart III: Representational Shifts and Legacies8. Rewriting, Revolution, Melancholy: Two Versions of the First Stay in ParisJean-Christophe Igalens9. Casanova: From Man to MythMichel Delon10. Fellini’s Casanova: The Story of a Man Who Was Never BornChristopher B. WhiteContributorsIndex

“Stefanovska’s engaging edited collection succeeds in ‘situate[ing Casanova] squarely at centre of that effervescence that characterized the Enlightenment’s encyclopedic spirit’, revealing Casanova to be a pursuer not only of pleasure but also of intellectual substance.”