Venice incognito: masks in the serene republic
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Beteilige Person: Johnson, James H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2011
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Beschreibung:"The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova. In Venice Incognito, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city
Includes bibliographical references and index
The carnival of Venice. Casanova's carnival -- New world -- Even odds -- Blood sport -- Fat Thursday -- Anything Goes? -- The culture of masking. City of masks -- Infernal associations -- Devil's dance -- Unmasking the heart -- Age of dissimulation -- The honest mask. Legislating morality -- Saving face -- Venetian incognito -- Democratizing dress -- Taming the devil -- Carnival and community. Redeemed by the blood -- Carnival tales -- The mask of sincerity -- Carnival contained -- Bitter ash -- Epilogue: After the fall
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 317 pages)
ISBN:0520948629
9780520948624