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  • ‘History of My Life’ by Giacomo Casanova

    • June 19, 2017
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    When we mentioned to people that we were putting together a graphic novel on Casanova there was a certain amount of wink winking and nudge nudging. Casanova the archetypal womaniser is what comes to most people’s minds. And it is true, he was a man who was fascinated by love and love-making. In terms of
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  • Problems of presentism

    • July 11, 2020
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    In the study of History, presentism is the danger of applying modern attitudes to previous generations and thereby coming to false conclusions about people’s behaviours and actions.  This is not quite such a problem when creating a story set in the past, as the creators have plenty of tools that enable them to give the
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  • Jeanette

    • July 4, 2020
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    Jeanette is one of the minor characters of ‘Casanova in Paris’ who becomes an innocent victim of the spy-master rivalry between Bechard and De Bernis.  Such characters’ usefulness, however, can go beyond their relatively small contribution to the storyline by highlighting some other aspect of the narrative’s landscape.  In this case, Jeanette’s belief that her
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  • Courtesans

    • June 27, 2020
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    A common feature of the higher echelons of eighteenth-century society was the presence of the courtesan (often described, more politely, as a mistress).  The courtesan was essentially a high-class prostitute, many of whom were actresses.  In fact, quite a number of women became stage performers with the specific aim of attracting an aristocratic patron.  Casanova
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