Zwickau
Reading: Casanova in Saxony
Travel through Saxony with Casanova this Valentine's Day – author Dr. Ansgar Bach makes it possible!
Giacomo Casanova, the most prominent adventurer of the 18th century, left plenty of traces in Saxony. In Dresden, he is busy "getting to know all the venal beauties...", meets his mother, sister, and brother Giovanni, who rises to the position of director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, but also finds himself entangled in several troublesome affairs. Casanova visits Leipzig multiple times for trade fairs; as the author of a five-volume fantastical novel, he attempts to convince Leipzig booksellers of his literary merits. Which fails miserably. His memoirs prove far more successful: published for the first time after his death in Leipzig by F. A. Brockhaus – shortened, pruned, censored, stripped of their most risqué scenes, yet handed down and preserved for posterity.
Admission free, advance registration requested
Venue: Ratsschulbibliothek, VWZ, Building 4, Entrance A
Giacomo Casanova, the most prominent adventurer of the 18th century, left plenty of traces in Saxony. In Dresden, he is busy "getting to know all the venal beauties...", meets his mother, sister, and brother Giovanni, who rises to the position of director of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, but also finds himself entangled in several troublesome affairs. Casanova visits Leipzig multiple times for trade fairs; as the author of a five-volume fantastical novel, he attempts to convince Leipzig booksellers of his literary merits. Which fails miserably. His memoirs prove far more successful: published for the first time after his death in Leipzig by F. A. Brockhaus – shortened, pruned, censored, stripped of their most risqué scenes, yet handed down and preserved for posterity.
Admission free, advance registration requested
Venue: Ratsschulbibliothek, VWZ, Building 4, Entrance A
Dates
Venue
Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau
Lessingstraße
08058 Zwickau
Phone: 0375 / 834222
Email: ratsschulbibliothek@zwickau.de
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