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The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the Second
"The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the Second" by Carlo Gozzi Carlo, Count Gozzi was an Italian playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte. He came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, but at a young age, his parents were no longer able to support him financially, so he joined the army in Dalmatia. Eventually, he would go on to be a master at drama. In this book, Gozzi collects his memories from 1735 to 1780 to give readers a unique look into his life and mind years after his death.
Italy’s Eighteenth Century
In the age of the Grand Tour, foreigners flocked to Italy to gawk at its ruins and paintings, enjoy its salons and cafés, attend the opera, and revel in their own discovery of its past. But they also marveled at the people they saw, both male and female. In an era in which castrati were "rock stars," men served women as cicisbei, and dandified Englishmen became macaroni, Italy was perceived to be a place where men became women. The great publicity surrounding female poets, journalists, artists, anatomists, and scientists, and the visible roles for such women in salons, academies, and universities in many Italian cities also made visitors wonder whether women had become men. Such images, of course, were stereotypes, but they were nonetheless grounded in a reality that was unique to the Italian peninsula. This volume illuminates the social and cultural landscape of eighteenth-century Italy by exploring how questions of gender in music, art, literature, science, and medicine shaped perceptions of Italy in the age of the Grand Tour.
Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J
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