Caro Memmo, mon cher frère
Epistolary seductions of a young Anglo-Venetian traveling through Europe in the time of Casanova
The story of Giustiniana Wynne edited by Nancy Isenberg
Forced to leave Venice, Giustiniana Wynne initiates a secret epistolary relationship with Andrea Memmo, a young Venetian nobleman, which will last two years. These writings are the only means of keeping alive the desire of both...
The letters are published here in entirety for the first time, accompanied by a very rich critical apparatus curated by Nancy Isenberg. It’s an indispensable key to understanding the relationship between the protagonists, which has always remained intense, complex, sometimes sublimated, and offers new considerations on the many enigmas surrounding this story.
Format: 21 x 16.5 cm; 232 pages; available in Italian
Epistolary seductions of a young Anglo-Venetian traveling through Europe in the time of Casanova
The story of Giustiniana Wynne edited by Nancy Isenberg
Forced to leave Venice, Giustiniana Wynne initiates a secret epistolary relationship with Andrea Memmo, a young Venetian nobleman, which will last two years. These writings are the only means of keeping alive the desire of both...
The letters are published here in entirety for the first time, accompanied by a very rich critical apparatus curated by Nancy Isenberg. It’s an indispensable key to understanding the relationship between the protagonists, which has always remained intense, complex, sometimes sublimated, and offers new considerations on the many enigmas surrounding this story.
Format: 21 x 16.5 cm; 232 pages; available in Italian
Epistolary seductions of a young Anglo-Venetian traveling through Europe in the time of Casanova
The story of Giustiniana Wynne edited by Nancy Isenberg
Forced to leave Venice, Giustiniana Wynne initiates a secret epistolary relationship with Andrea Memmo, a young Venetian nobleman, which will last two years. These writings are the only means of keeping alive the desire of both...
The letters are published here in entirety for the first time, accompanied by a very rich critical apparatus curated by Nancy Isenberg. It’s an indispensable key to understanding the relationship between the protagonists, which has always remained intense, complex, sometimes sublimated, and offers new considerations on the many enigmas surrounding this story.
Format: 21 x 16.5 cm; 232 pages; available in Italian
