{"product_id":"casanova-in-the-enlightenment-from-the-margins-to-the-centre-hardback-9781487506643","title":"Casanova in the Enlightenment; From the Margins to the Centre (Hardback) 9781487506643","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCasanova in the Enlightenment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom the Margins to the Centre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMalina Stefanovska (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487506643\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 December 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e186 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIlluminating the legend that Giacomo Casanova singlehandedly created in his famous – and at times infamous – autobiography, \u003ci\u003eThe History of My Life\u003c\/i\u003e, this book provides a timely reassessment of Casanova\u0026amp;#x2019;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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on new scholarship, this reappraisal of a key Enlightenment figure explores the period\u0026amp;#x2019;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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMalina Stefanovska \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Libertine Traces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"Triompher par la force\": Sexual Violence and Its Representation in Casanova\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eHistory of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRaphaëlle Brin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Writer of Dux: Casanova\u0026amp;#x2019;s Dialogue with His Ladies from Autobiography to Correspondence\u003cbr\u003eBruno Capaci\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Casanova and the Undifferentiated Body\u003cbr\u003eMladen Kozul\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Emerging Sociabilities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Negotiating Sociabilities in Casanova\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003cem\u003eHistory of My Life\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003eClorinda Donato\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Casanova, Mercury, Mercurio\u003cbr\u003eMalina Stefanovska\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Casanova, the Love of Paris\u003cbr\u003ePierre Saint-Amand\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Paris in Three Movements\u003cbr\u003eChantal Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Representational Shifts and Legacies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Rewriting, Revolution, Melancholy: Two Versions of the First Stay in Paris\u003cbr\u003eJean-Christophe Igalens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Casanova: From Man to Myth\u003cbr\u003eMichel Delon\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. \u003cem\u003eFellini\u0026amp;#x2019;s Casanova\u003c\/em\u003e: The Story of a Man Who Was Never Born\u003cbr\u003eChristopher B. White\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595480920344,"sku":"9781487506643","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/casanova-in-the-enlightenment-from-the-margins-to-the-centre-hardback-9781487506643","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}