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Casanova in the Enlightenment

From the Margins to the Centre

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Illuminating the legend that Giacomo Casanova singlehandedly created in his famous – and at times infamous – autobiography, The History of My Life, this book provides a timely reassessment of Casanova’s role and importance as an author of the European Enlightenment. From the margins of libertine authorship where he has been traditionally relegated, the various essays in this collection reposition Casanova at the heart of Enlightenment debates on medicine, sociability, gender, and writing.Based on new scholarship, this reappraisal of a key Enlightenment figure explores the period’s fascination with ethnography, its scientific societies, and its understanding of gender, medicine, and women. Casanova is here finally granted his rightful place in cultural and literary history, a place which explains his enduring yet controversial reputation as a figure of seduction and adventure.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-12-16
Mått155 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt400 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieUCLA Clark Memorial Library Series
Antal sidor186
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781487506643

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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