Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The title is a delicious instance of understatement. So prolific was Casanova in his love of women that he has given his name to our language as a synonym for 'lover,' like his mythic counterpart, Don Juan. The author touches on the wonderful legend that Casanova assisted Da Ponte in his libretto for Mozart's Don Giovanni. Did he really assist on this work to which his own life was so closely tied? Did he really love all the women he said he loved and in the ways he said he loved them? To what degree are his memoirs a kind of autobiographical novel? This spirited study compels us to contemplate again a fascinating man and his remarkable 'life.'" Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-248) and index.