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An unusual libertine
- June 15, 2019
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- Category: Character Focus
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One of the issues we had to deal with regarding our portrayal of Casanova was his relationship with women. For most people the only thing they know about him is that he was a notorious philanderer. And, of course, his promiscuity was a significant feature of his life although it has been exaggerated to -
‘Casanova, Art, and Eroticism’
- March 30, 2019
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- Category: Casanova
“In all its splendor and misery, love dominates the life of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798). As the hero of the memoirs he started writing in 1789, when he was sixty-four and living in exile in Bohemia, Casanova performs as ardent lover, callous libertine, amiable friend, and suitor wronged. His amorous adventures begin at the tender age -
Casanova’s women
- November 17, 2018
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Apart from obscuring so much of what is interesting about him, Casanova’s historical reputation as a womaniser has, ironically, also obscured the nature of his relationship with women. The great libertine was, in fact, in some ways very atypical when it came to women. The libertine creed regarded the pursuit of sexual pleasure as
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