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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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  • The spear cane

    • January 18, 2020
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    Like all narratives, ‘Casanova in Paris’ is filled with props: letters, mirrors, carriages, cards, books, masks, hammers, stakes, coins and on and on.  These have all kinds of uses.  Most obviously, they help to establish the scene.  For a story set in the past, they are crucial for indicating the time period.  Their importance will
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  • Self-actualisation

    • January 11, 2020
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    A major difference between modern, particularly western, psychology and that of the eighteenth century are attitudes to individuality.  As recently as the mid-twentieth century, individual wants or needs were subordinate to the needs of the group or of a particular role.  People were expected to conform to the rules and expectations that defined them as
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  • Laforgue

    • January 4, 2020
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    Some of the misconceptions around Casanova can be traced back to the early nineteenth-century editions and translations of his memoirs, many of them heavily edited, bowdlerised and generally abused. Particularly influential was the Laforgue edition which was to become the basis of various other subsequent translations and versions, including the freely available online Arthur Machen
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