La Polonia nelle opere letterarie di Giacomo Casanova
Poland in the literary works of Giacomo Casanova

Summary/Abstract: The present article contains an analysis of Giacomo Casanova’s literary work, in which Poland appears. The Venetian seducer had stayed in Poland for several months before the country disappeared due to partitions. He described his experience in memoirs entitled Histoire de ma vie, as well as in libretto Il Duello which chronicles an incident involving duke Branicki and which forced him to first duel the duke and later to leave the country. Connections Casanova made in Poland stimulated him to write Istoria delle turbolenze della Polonia, a historical treatise about the country. However it was never finished which resulted in bitter dispute. Thanks to the soul of inquisitive observer we are given remarks concerning not only the author’s character but also those on Poland of that time. Said information is most often reflected by historical evidence and give us a perfect picture of Polish society of that period.

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