Confutazione alla Storia del governo veneto d’Amelot de la Houssaie divisa in tre parti
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- Giacomo Casanova
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edited by
- Antonio Trampus - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Gianluca Simeoni - Centro di Ricerche sugli Epistolari del Settecento, Verona, Italia
Abstract
Casanova’s Confutazione is a response to Amelot de la Houssaie’s Histoire du gouvernement de Venise and represents his first significant writing experiment. While his analysis of Venice’s form of government and constitutional history appears to be the primary theme, Voltaire, Casanova’s beloved and hated idol, soon emerges as the work’s true protagonist. The Confutazione reveals a stratification in the writing that brings together four essential elements of his compositional activity: poetry, epistolary correspondence, autobiographical narrative, and philosophical writing.
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With the contribution of: Paolo Luca Bernardini, Giampiero Bozzolato, Raphaelle Brin, Marco Cavarzere, Diana Guiragossian-Carr, Jean-Christophe Igalens.
The National Edition of the works of Giacomo Casanova is promoted by the Ministero della Cultura (M.D. March 28, 2025).
In collaboration with: Archivio di Stato di Venezia; Biblioteca del Museo Correr, Venezia; Ca’ Rezzonico-Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Venezia; CRES - Centro di Ricerche sugli Epistolari del Settecento, Verona; Fondazione Gianfranco Dioguardi, Bari-Milano; Istituto per la Storia della Società e dello Stato Veneziano-Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venezia; Società Italiana di Studi sul Secolo XVIII, Roma.
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