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FROM POMPEII to Madame de Pompadour:Games People Play
When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as a host of luxury villas overlooking the Bay of Naples. That ancient tragedy was a gift to the modern world: the … Continue reading
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TOTAL RECALL:HAUNTED BY REJECTION
”First, the bedpost notches: let’s get them out of the way. In his History of My Life. Casanova records sexual experiences with well over a hundred women – 122 to 136, depending on how one computes certain group and semi-consummated … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Karloff, Casanova, Casanova Syndrome, Giacomo Casanova, Guy Dammann, Henry Fielding, Ian Kelly, Ian kelly Guardian, James Boswell, James Gillray, John Wilkes, Judith Summers, Kitty Fisher, Lydia Flem, Marquis de Sade, Moll Flanders, Sally Salisbury, Samuel Johnson, Susan Swan, Tennyson, Val Lewton, William Hickey, William Hogarth
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SOMETIMES ITS BETTER TO FORGET
Not every man is a legend in his own time but Giacomo Casanova (1724-1798) achieved legendary status well before his death, living long enough to be a “consultant’ on the first production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Soldier, scholar, lawyer, physician, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Hunt, Arthur Machen, Arthur Symons, Boilly, Botticelli, Caravaggio, Casanova, Casanova Syndrome, Cathleen Hardy, Diomnysis, Giacomo Casanova, James Gillray, John Walsh, Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, Judith Summers, Lizzy Davies Guardian, Lorenzo Da Ponte, mandy katz, Michel Foucault, Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso, Ron Hogan, Stephen Amidon, Susan Swan, Titian, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zanetta Casanova
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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY STING LIKE A WASP
”Destined for a high-flown career in the church, he was inducted as a novice priest and introduced to the most influential people in the city, but the pleasures of Venice assailed him at every turn, and, as he later admitted, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ange Goudar, Arthur Symons, Bernard de Fontenelle, Carlo Goldoni, Casanova, Fanny Hill, Giacomo Casanova, Hester Booth, Judith Summers, Lydia Flem, Marianne Charpillon, Susan Swan, Voltaire, William Hogarth, Zanetta Casanova
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MORE THAN DANDY, RANDY and EYE CANDY
”Generous to a fault, Casanova plied his lovers with money and expensive gifts, whether or not he could afford it. And his generosity did not stop at the bedroom door. He understood the intricacies of the female orgasm, believed that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Machen, Arthur Symons, Ben Crawford, Ben Crawford The New York Times, Casanova, Casanova Syndrome, Count Waldstein, Denis Diderot, Fragonard, Franz Liszt, Gerald Mendelsohn, Giacomo Casanova, Havelock Ellis, Haverlock Ellis, Heath Ledger, Hector Berlioz, Ian Kelly, Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Jean Laforgue, John Mallard William Turner, Judith Summers, Kitty Fisher, Lady Harrington, Laura Clifford, Lennard J. Davis, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marianne Faithfull, Niccolo Paganini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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GUILTLESS PLEASURE: IMMORTALIZED FOR THE NAUGHTY BITS
Casanova: “I had women, I played, I joined in the fun, I bawled, I scorned and was never slave to my passions, but they gave me pleasure. Of not hiding myself, I made my profession…”The same principle which forbids me … Continue reading
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