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The Newest Casanova Biography

Posted on June 5, 2022 by seductivevenice

A couple weeks ago my newsfeed blew up with articles about the newest biography on Casanova: Adventurer: The Life and Times of Giacomo Casanova. This review by the Guardian calls C a “career criminal” and particularly focuses on incest, pedophilia, … Continue reading →

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Casanova in Place Redux

Posted on November 28, 2021 by seductivevenice

The latest edition of Casanoviana has made it to my mailbox! How exciting to see so many of the essays that were presented at the Casanova in Place Symposium that I organized back in 2019. Thank you to Antonio Trampus … Continue reading →

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Announcing: Storia Editoriale di una Vita

Posted on July 14, 2021 by seductivevenice

This has been a great year for new books on Giacomo Casanova! Storia Editoriale di una Vita: Bibliografia delle edizioni dell’Histoire de ma vie di Giacomo Casanova. 1822-2019, chronicles the publishing history of Casanova’s History of My Life. Gianluca Simeoni … Continue reading →

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A Little Love Line from the Great Lover Himself

Posted on February 14, 2020 by seductivevenice

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Casanova in Place: The Walks and Museum

Posted on July 23, 2019 by seductivevenice

The Casanova in Place Symposium focused primarily on the papers and authors and the ballet, which I have posted about in the last few weeks. But it was also about bringing people together in Venice in order to get a … Continue reading →

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Casanova in Place: The Burchiello Tour

Posted on July 20, 2019 by seductivevenice

Okay, so I’ve told you about the scholarly days at the Casanova in Place Symposium, but that’s not all we did! The event included optional excursions before and after the weekend events. On Thursday, June 27, some of us took … Continue reading →

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Casanova in Place: The Ballet

Posted on July 18, 2019 by seductivevenice

No, I did not dance at the Casanova in Place Symposium. Nor did the others (though that might have been a fun activity!) Instead, on Sunday June 30th we viewed the Casanova Ballet produced by Northern Ballet and filmed by … Continue reading →

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In Casanova’s Footsteps: Rome–Caffè Greco

Posted on June 1, 2019 by seductivevenice

Another stop on my walking tour of Casanova’s Rome with Adriano Contini. During those early days in Rome 1743, Casanova was trying so hard to walk a straight and narrow path in order to impress his mentors, Don Gasparo, Father … Continue reading →

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Radio Casanova

Posted on May 29, 2019 by seductivevenice

France Culture radio has just offered a series of four episodes exploring Casanova’s life, as interviews with top Casanovists. Click on each link to read the full description or listen to the interview, all of which are in French. What … Continue reading →

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Casanova, The Fictional Man

Posted on May 17, 2019 by seductivevenice

American novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes said this about writing: “I love historical fiction because there’s a literal truth, and there’s an emotional truth, and what the fiction writer tries to create is that emotional truth.” When authors take on writing … Continue reading →

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