10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CICISBEI»
Discover the use of
cicisbei in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
cicisbei and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Empire of Stereotypes: Germaine de Staël and the Idea of ...
Crouzet, Stendhal et l'Italianité, 264–5; Valmaggi, I Cicisbei, 152. Stendhal,
Rome, Naples, et Florence en 1817, 81; Stendhal, L'Italie en 1818, in Vittorio del
Litto, ed., Voyages en Italie (Paris; Gallimard, 1973), 210; Stendhal, Rome,
Naples et ...
2
Siren Songs: Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Opera
The question of how many wives actually slept with their cicisbei, on the other
hand, can only be — and has nevertheless copiously been — the subject of
speculation (see the historical critique of Bizzocchi, "Cicisbei," 65); likewise the
question ...
3
Opera and Sovereignty: Transforming Myths in ...
Opera and Sovereignty is the first book to address this genre as cultural history, arguing that eighteenth-century opera seria must be understood in light of the period’s social and political upheavals.
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Li Tre
Cicisbei Ridicoli Drama Giocoso Per Musica Per Il ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Carlo Antonio Vasini, 2010
5
Italy's Eighteenth Century: Gender and Culture in the Age of ...
In this manner “the institution of all the ridiculous duties of the cicisbei” was “the
most efficacious means of calming agitated spirits recently re- duced to servitude.
” Sismondi even claims that “not because certain women had lovers, but rather ...
Paula Findlen, Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Catherine M. Sama, 2009
6
A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760
Arias in B-Bc; I-Gl, Vnm Listed as Groppo 852; Wiel 502; Aim 1022 1748/4 n 520
Li tre cicisbei ridicoli [The Three Silly Escorts] A dramma giocoso Performed at
Sant'Angelo Without incidental items Without dedicatee In eighteenth-century ...
Eleanor Selfridge-Field, 2007
7
Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, ...
is evident that husbands, serving themselves as cicisbei to other ladies, could not
enjoy such a privilege except upon reciprocal conditions : they consequently
made no scruple to exchange their own happiness for that of others. It cannot be
...
8
Theatre in Dublin, 1745–1820: A Calendar of Performances
Source: FDj 26*29 May 1764. 2 Sat. LI TRE CICISBEI RIVALI. Cast: Principal
Characters: Guerini; Minelli; Sga. Guerini. Comment: A new Italian Burletta. [See
above, CS 30 May 1764, for possible first performance. Walsh, 0pm, [1] :1 15,
notes ...
9
Love Customs in Eighteenth-century Spain
It seems peculiar to find chichisbear with the meaning of "to murmur" in a
contemporary novel by Perez de Ayala, Tigre Juan (N.p., n.d.), 10. 11.
Constantino Roncaglia, Modern Conversations Commonly Termed of the
Cicisbei (Lucca, 1753), ...
Carmen Martín Gaite, 1991
10
Italy: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present
It was considered bad form for husbands to be jealous, and indeed many may
have welcomed the presence of cicisbei, who relieved them of tiresome social
duties. At a time when husbands were not known for being solicitous toward their
...
