"Memoirs" (Casanova)

Japanese: 《回想録》(カサノーバ) - かいそうろく
"Memoirs" (Casanova)

…During his life, Casanova had relationships with all kinds of people - monarchs, aristocrats, writers, natural scientists, painters, actors, charlatans, libertines, and women from noblewomen to maids - and lived a dissolute life, armed with his shrewd talent, unreserved morals, and broad but not deep education. Although he left behind a huge amount of pamphlets, essays, letters, anecdotes, a fantastic novel, Icosameron (1788), and other prose, translations, and poetry, Casanova's fame as a writer is solely due to his Narrative of My Life (Memoirs), written in French at the Château de Dux between 1791 and 1798. His Memoirs, which are filled with descriptions of erotic love affairs, remain alive today not so much as a work of art, but as a unique document that captures the customs and people of 18th century European society. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…カサノーバはその生涯であらゆる種類の人間――君主,貴族,文人,自然科学者,画家,役者,ペテン師,放蕩者,そして貴婦人から下女にいたる女たち――と交わり,抜けめのない才覚と,遠慮を知らぬモラル,深くはないが広い教養を武器に,放縦な日々を送った。膨大な量にのぼる小冊子,随筆,書簡,逸話集,空想的な小説《イコザメロン》(1788)ほかの散文,翻訳,詩を残したが,著述家としてのカサノーバの名声は,ひとえに,1791年から98年にドゥクスの城でフランス語で書かれた《わが生涯の物語(回想録)》によっている。エロティックな情事の記述が全編に行き渡る彼の《回想録》は,芸術作品としてよりもむしろ,18世紀ヨーロッパ社会の風俗と人びとをとらえた特異なドキュメントとしていまなお生きている。…

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