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Tag Archives: history
In Casanova’s Footsteps: Rome–The House of M. Poletti
You may remember in Walk #2 that I told you about the yellow house next door, here on the Piazza di Spagna, where Casanova took his French lessons in 1744. But he lived here, in #32, when he returned to … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Writing
Tagged Casanova, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, italy, Roman history, Rome, travel, walking guide
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Casanova and Me Too
I wanted to share with you all the wonderful post by Michelle Lovric on the History Girls blog about her experiences at the Casanova in Place Symposium. While summarizing her experience and commentary, she makes some interesting connections between Casanova and the … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged blogs, Casanova, Casanova in Place, histfanfic, history, History Girls, History of my Life, Italian men, italy, Me Too, Michelle Lovric, The Wishing Bones, travel, venezia, Venice, women writers
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Dear Venice, Wish You Were Here #3
One of my students, who was here for the year from Germany, tried to help me translate and decipher this postcard, but some of the handwriting is beyond us. This group wrote the postcard on a Monday, that is … Continue reading
Posted in Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged history, Italian history, italy, postcard, Redentore, stamps, travel, venezia, Venice, Vienna
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Casanova in Place: The Papers
A symposium is defined as a conference to discuss a particular topic, but the secondary definition is “a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.” On Saturday June 29, our eight presenters shared … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Bruno Capaci, Casanova, Casanova in Place, Casanovists, Cyril Frances, Gregory Dowling, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, italy, Jean-Christophe Igalens, literature, Malina Stefanovska, Mladen Kozul, Nicola Vinovrska, Stefano Feroci, Tom Vitelli, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writing
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Casanova in Place: Well Received!
I’ve been silent–but not sleeping! No, I’ve been in Venice and have successfully brought to fruition the Casanova in Place Symposium. I’ll break it up into a few posts (rather than one long one) to share some highlights with you. … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged art, art gallery, artist, Casanova, Casanova in Place, Casanovists, guidebook, history, History of my Life, Italian men, italy, literature, manuel carrion, Redentore, travel, venezia, Venice, writing
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Redefining Beauty: Giustiniana Wynne
I’m here to set the record straight about Giustiniana Wynne. Previously, I wrote and spoke about her affair with Casanova, in which I relate a pretty funny and maybe even bawdy story about their assignation in a garret. But after … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, feminism, Grand Canal, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, italy, literature, publishing, research, seductive venice, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, women writers, women's history, writing
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