| 单词 | Goldoni |
| 例句 | The plot is based closely on that of Carlo Goldoni’s “Servant of Two Masters,” from the mid-1700s, which in turn was inspired by far older tales and types from commedia dell’arte. ArtsBeat: Funny Then and There, Here and Now 2011-07-25T16:19:24Z Richard Bean's 1960s version of Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters is in its final week at the Adelphi Theatre with the original cast and will shortly move to Broadway. Matilda musical tops stage awards 2012-02-20T10:57:17Z There it was unveiled on Monday in Largo Goldoni, in front of a downtown palazzo owned by Fendi, which commissioned the work. Fendi’s Gift to Rome: A Sculpture Shaped Like a Tree 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Carlo Goldoni’s “The Servant of Two Masters” has a ridiculous plot: A hapless servant hires himself out to two employers at once, then furiously scrambles to conceal his double-dealing. The Professor of Pratfalls 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Goldoni thoroughly revised the text, cutting out arias and pointless spectacle. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z When Vivaldi was tapped for a new version, the impresario at the theater in Venice brought in a young, fresh talent, Carlo Goldoni, to work with Vivaldi, who was in his late 50s. Music Review: One Cruel King, by Way of Vivaldi 2011-08-10T22:00:40Z The Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni famously depicted them as quarrelsome, if good-hearted simpletons, getting into brawls for trivial reasons. ‘Little Venice’ Finally Gets its Moment 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z His fortunes changed dramatically when he won the lead in One Man, Two Guvnors, a rollicking update by Richard Bean of the 18th-century Carlo Goldoni comedy The Servant of Two Masters. Tony awards: James Corden raises bar for emotional acceptance speeches 2012-06-11T16:15:01Z Each year, in early August, a local theater company presents Goldoni’s play “Baruffe Chiozzotte” in the streets, and tickets get sold out quickly. ‘Little Venice’ Finally Gets its Moment 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The plot of “Gazzetta,” taken from a commedia dell’arte play by Carlo Goldoni, is beyond crazy complicated. A little operatic help for newspapers: ‘La Gazzetta’ couldn't be better timed 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z There will also be a full-scale puppet theater on loan by the Casa Goldoni of Venice. Exhibit on Venice in the 1700s comes to New Orleans museum 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In the case of “One Man, Two Guvnors,” English playwright Richard Bean has cleverly reworked Carlo Goldoni’s 18th-century Italian farce “The Servant of Two Masters” into a shrewdly satirical chunk of buffoonery set in 1963. ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ equals delightful music, slapstick fun 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Written by Richard Bean, who based the comic story on Carlo Goldoni’s 18th-century commedia dell’arte classic “The Servant of Two Masters,” “One Man, Two Guvnors” was a hit when it debuted in 2011. - The Washington Post 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The likes of Rougemont, Goldoni and Ed De Gas all went into the contest with decent form to their name but were comfortably dispatched by the principals in a good time. Camelot can follow up 2,000 Guineas win in the Derby for Aidan O'Brien 2012-06-01T18:17:26Z I followed them to the Corso, and then to the races; afterwards to the illuminated Pergola, and last of all to a masked ball in the Goldoni Theatre. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z I recited Goldoni's toast from the 'Locandiera,' and also made a little speech at the end of the banquet. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z This was the first comedy of character Goldoni composed. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Talk, and Hogg reads the Life of Goldoni aloud. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z The young Goldoni soon grew tired of his life at Rimini, and ran away with a Venetian company of players. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z In 1749 he began writing comic operas to libretti by Goldoni, which enjoyed an enormous popularity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z And in the long list of alluring autobiographies, from Cellini's and Cibber's, from Franklin's and Goldoni's, there are few more fascinating than the 'Confidences of a Prestidigitator' of Robert-Houdin. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z The interweaving of this episode in Gozzi's Life with his literary warfare against Goldoni, which culminated in the production of his ten dramatic fables.—3. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Of all the Italian authors, the one I delighted in the most was Goldoni. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Goldoni, at this proof of public sympathy, wept as a child. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z A monument was erected to him at Venice in 1883, and Browning wrote for the album of the Goldoni monument the following lines:— The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It can boast of much elegant lettered poetry, as well as of Goldoni's best comedies. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Goldoni's, though more humane, and in all that concerns tone impeccable, turn too exclusively upon the history of his dramatic works to be of great importance as an historical document. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But in the lanes and alleys of Venice I found Goldoni everywhere. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Massine, who from the beginning had shown himself to be a ballet master of great talent, had created an admirable choreographic representation of Goldoni's charming story. An Autobiography 2011-05-21T02:00:10.850Z Goldoni,—good, gay, sunniest of souls,— Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine.— The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z On the whole, Moliere has succeeded best in rendering the passion of avarice hateful: Plautus and Goldoni have only made it ridiculous. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Goldoni's instinct led him by an irresistible bias to the stage. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Ferrari may be regarded as a follower of Goldoni, modelling himself on the French theatrical methods. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Goldoni says that, in spite of the formality of the conveyance, the Turks never acknowledged his title. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z His versatility may be judged from the fact that in the comedies of Goldoni and Moli�re he was no less successful than in the tragedies of Lessing and Shakespeare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z So, when Goldoni is hailed as the father of modern Italian comedy, it can only mean that his prolific Muse has dominated the stage in our own century and in its native land. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 It aimed at being a comedy of character; and thus Goldoni hoped by gradual steps to wean his actors from their bad old ways. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In return, Goldoni is more genial and kindly in his judgments, and, while lacking none of Molière's keenness of observation, is devoid of his bitter satire. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Besides Goldoni's comic drama and the "Commedia dell'Arte" this Baroque Italy gave the world another and far more important gift, the Opera. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z The partisans of Goldoni and Chiari took it for a gross malignant satire. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second We must not seek in Goldoni a prober of the human heart, not even a fearless satirist of social conditions. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 But Goldoni was so pliable and easy-going, so apt to take the cue from casual suggestions offered to his versatile ability, that he frequently lost sight of this leading principle. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This grandfather had a considerable influence over Goldoni's youth, and also modified his later life. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni was a Venetian, and a perfect embodiment of the happy, careless, amiable, entertaining society of the time. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z This mask of the the four faces and four mouths represented the Comic Theatre of Goldoni, personified by me in the way I shall explain. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second In his rollicking good-humor and content with the world as he finds it, Goldoni is much like Plautus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Goldoni's novelties had by this time roused the jealousy of rivals and the opposition of Conservatives. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z To compare this bombast with the crystal clearness and simplicity of the language of Goldoni's comedies, is to gain a fair estimate of what he had to overcome and what he achieved. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Italy was changed forever, the old Goldoni comedy was gone; Napoleon had given the coup de grâce to the old régime. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z In the dialogue which ensued, I maintained and proved that Goldoni had striven to gain popularity rather by changing the aspect of his wares than by any real merit which they possessed. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second It is remarkable, under all these conditions, how healthy, how kindly, how proper, most of Goldoni's work is. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 We trace in these verses Goldoni's perfect clarity of vision regarding his own powers, and his good-humoured indulgence of other people's foibles. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z What Goldoni had to endure from this gens irritabilis, from their rancour, vapours, caprices, stolid and open opposition to his reform, is told with much good nature and sense of fun in his Memoirs. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni, the playwright, gives a glimpse of these littérateurs in the eighteenth century as he observed them in Pisa. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z We were not so unjust as to refuse his share of merit as a playwright to Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second But even the most determined seeker for the moral element in art will find little indeed thereof in Goldoni's merry comedies. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Yet he deserved the stinging epigram which Goldoni uttered on his character: "A smile upon his lips and venom in his heart." The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z But Goldoni, even as a young man, was wise, and proceeded slowly, first making himself and his name known and popular on the old lines, and only risking his new ideas under favourable conditions. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni went up to the circle and listened to a number of gentlemen who recited poems, canzoni, ballads, sonnets, etc. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z I ought to render a candid account here of the impression made upon me by those two deluges of ink, Goldoni and Chiari. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second In this seemingly modest but really most difficult task, Goldoni scored a decided success,—a triumph. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Yet the simultaneous retirement of both Chiari and Goldoni at this critical moment justifies our believing that the latter judged it expedient to leave Venice after the revolution effected by Gozzi. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni's diligence was as great and untiring as his invention was fertile. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Mention of the Arcadia and of Goldoni leads to another art, most characteristic of these two centuries, the player's art. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z With regard to the mania created by Goldoni and Chiari, as may easily be imagined, I looked upon it as a fungus growth upon opinion, worthy at the best of laughter. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Adequate self-portraitures of successful artists are so rare that the autobiographies of the gentle Goldoni, and of his savage fellow-countryman Benvenuto Cellini, almost form a class of literature by themselves. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 None of Goldoni's biographers deny that he took this step in consequence of Gozzi's triumph. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It must not be supposed, however, that Goldoni, although he had now reached the apex of success and fame, was to find his course one of plain sailing. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Gentlemen retired from business, invested their money in landed estates, and were rapidly tending to become the characters which we find in Goldoni's comedies. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z It was this hope which made me follow up the missile I had cast into the wasp's nest of bad authorship by a pleasant retort against Goldoni's strictures on my Tartana. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Born in Venice in fair social position, Goldoni spent his childhood chiefly in Chiozza, a ruder and humbler miniature of the island city some twenty-five miles away. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 In the course of the last hundred years, Goldoni has secured a signal and irreversible victory over his rival. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z However, the necessity of finding themes, conjoined to this insistence on the part of his friends, induced Goldoni to try his hand with Pamela. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern He would sit in his friend Mrs. Bronson's box, and follow the actors as they told the story of Hamlet, Othello, or Mary Queen of Scots, or as they played Goldoni's popular comedies. Fragments of an Autobiography My Tartana contained some satirical sallies against the comedies in vogue upon our stage; and Goldoni had appropriated these to himself. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second This was in 1747, and this same manager, Medebac, setting up a new theatre in Venice, absorbed Goldoni's energies for several years. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The vicissitudes of Gozzi's reputation turn upon the different views which have been taken of his merits in relation to Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The hare's tail which adorned his hat formed in Goldoni's time part of the ordinary costume of the Bergamasque peasants. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Between this theatre and La Cruz exists the same sort of hostility as between the rival theatres at Venice when Goldoni inaugurated his reform. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 This man announced one day, with the air of frank and sturdy self-conceit, that he had arrived at composing his oratorical masterpieces upon sacred themes by the unremitting study of Goldoni's comedies. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni was the child of Italy and of the eighteenth century. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 No serious note breaks the burlesque style of the piece, while a sustained parody of Chiari's and Goldoni's mannerisms lends it the interest of satire. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z After some hesitation, his old love for the stage gained the upper hand, and Goldoni assented, binding himself to Medebac for a certain number of years. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern But to be bored eternally about divine Dante and funny Goldoni is too bad. International Short Stories American Goldoni he looked down upon like some gull of the lagoons. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The gaming-table and the lottery are apparently irresistible to any true Italian, and Goldoni knew by heart the passions which he ridicules or condemns, though without bitterness, upon his stage. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Goldoni's was essentially a nature of this kind. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "It was born under an evil constellation," writes Goldoni, "and every one knows how fatal a sentence that is, especially in theatrical affairs." The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Italian comedy had fallen into decay, when its reform was undertaken by the wonderful Goldoni. theatrical genius of C. Goldoni. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Here all the population was divided into hostile camps, and each party was so blind and bewitched as not to recognise the infinite superiority of Goldoni as a comic playwright over his rival. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni himself acknowledges, perhaps not too sincerely, in his Parisian memoirs, the superiority, the mastership, of Molière. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The proposal was that a theatre at Venice should be hired for five or six years, and that Goldoni should dedicate his whole talents to the composition of plays. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Pantaloon was the impersonation, however, not of fighting but of trading Venice, and wore the merchant costume still in use, with but slight modification, in Goldoni's day. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern His themes were taken from Neapolitan38 and Oriental39 fairy tales, to which he accommodated some of the standing figures upon which Goldoni had made war. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" In all this Goldoni resembles him, except only that Goldoni had a rich vein of cheerful humour. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The charm of Goldoni is felt chiefly in Venice, or at least in Italy, while listening to his comedy and watching the enjoyment mirrored in the faces of his own audience. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 The most damaging feature of this contest for Goldoni, was that Chiari, less gifted with originality, aped each of his new inventions. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z As to the ill feeling roused by the ridicule freely showered by Goldoni upon the corrupt customs of his time, he takes no heed of it, save to redouble his efforts in the same direction. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern At the same time, the comedy of dialect to which the example of Goldoni had given sanction in Venice, flourished there as well as in the mutually remote spheres of Piedmont and Naples. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" It would be therefore more just to call Longhi the Goldoni of painting than the Venetian Hogarth. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second They illustrate the entirely practical theatrical skill of Goldoni's plots, his rapid development of his characters, and the sound morality which prevails without being aggressively prominent. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 I shrink from placing Goldoni, as a peer, in the company of Shakespeare, Moli�re, Calderon, and Schiller. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Notwithstanding, however, the excellence of Goldoni's dramas, the current literary rivalries made themselves felt, and there was a moment when Gozzi's Fables left Goldoni's theatre empty. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern And the infatuation was carried so far that a certain abbé, the fashionable preacher of the day, boasted that he preached his Lent sermons only after he had read a comedy of Goldoni! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Sequel of my literary quarrels.—Goldoni and Chiari.—My resolve to amuse my fellow-citizens with fantastic dramatic pieces on the stage. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second When Venice honored Goldoni with a statue, Browning was invited to contribute to that wonderful “Album” of letters, with which Italy characteristically commemorates all scholarly events, with contributions from literary men. The Brownings Their Life and Art Its importance at the present moment is that out of this little camp Carlo Gozzi marched like David to attack the Goliath of Philistinism, Carlo Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z At a reception at the house of the prima ballerina, Goldoni undertook to read his "Amalasunta." The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Even Goldoni could not retain his hold on minds which, if they knew it not, needed a more satisfying nourishment than the uninspiring, material rendering of characters overcharged with vices or virtues inharmoniously collocated. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Goldoni was a good fellow at bottom, but splenetic, and a miserable writer. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The smaller masters have to be hunted for in many scattered essays; a knowledge of Goldoni adds point to Longhi’s pictures. The Venetian School of Painting Can we point to a single masterpiece produced by Goldoni? The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z When Goldoni began to write, the drama had fallen into a sadly burlesque condition. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern In Gozzi the moralist lines the writer, and that, perhaps more than anything else, establishes the different character of his literary influence from that of Goldoni. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Count Widiman, on the other hand, had declared himself a partisan of Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Longhi is sometimes called the Goldoni of painting, and he certainly more nearly resembles the genial, humorous playwright than he does Hogarth, to whom he has also been compared. The Venetian School of Painting We, who stand aloof, when all the dust of that conflict has subsided, see that Goldoni really won the day. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z From this it will be seen how unjust is the criticism of those who would look on Goldoni as merely a writer of comedies in a local dialect. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The drama given, entitled the “Buranello,” was the last work of the author, and it was presented in the theatre Goldoni. Italy, the Magic Land It soon became evident that Goldoni intended to carry on the war against us lovers of pure writing in all the Raccolte which appeared from time to time in Venice. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second He obtained a few of Metastasio's plays as libretti of the Opera at carnival time, and was much pleased with them, and also with some of Goldoni's comedies that were lent to him. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 They also explain why he withdrew it from publication at the request of his friend Farsetti and Goldoni's patron Count Widman. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Even in translation, however, much as Goldoni's plays suffer, their life and movement, their excellent dramatic action, and their marvellous play of character, are not lost. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern In each volume is a different portrait of Goldoni, facsimile of manuscripts, and the reproduction of literary curiosities. Italy, the Magic Land In these straits, he condescended to extend the kiss of peace to his old foe Goldoni, and Goldoni abased himself to the point of accepting the salute. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second An Eighteenth Century Italian Coffee House After Goldoni, by Zatta It is further related that the pope, made curious, desired to inspect this Devil's drink, and had some brought to him. All About Coffee Goldoni had taken up his stand upon the popularity of his own plays. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It has been objected by foreign critics that Goldoni's dialogue is sometimes a little dull and tame. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The monograph of Goldoni was issued by the press of the Venetian Institute of Graphic Art in a limited number of copies. Italy, the Magic Land During the first year the four masks and the soubrette, with some other actors of merit in the extempore style, took the wind out of Goldoni's and Chiari's sails. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Of some of the establishments as they then existed, Molmenti has supplied us with illustrations, in one of which Goldoni the dramatist is represented as a visitor, and a female mendicant is soliciting alms. All About Coffee If he succeeded, both Chiari and Goldoni would be hit with the same stone. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Charles Lever, for example, could never be brought to find Goldoni amusing. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern It is this barrenness of invention that the ingenious Goldoni has so well exposed in one of his plays, in the following speech, addressed to a young man. A Treatise on the Art of Dancing Those of Goldoni, in spite of their real merit, did not make the same effect as in the past. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni was a lover of coffee, a regular frequenter of the coffee houses of his time, from which he drew much in the way of inspiration. All About Coffee Goldoni retorted that he had only made himself ridiculous; unless he proved both his assumption and his argument, he was nothing better than a dog barking at the moon. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "The Curious Mishap" was founded on an episode of real life which happened in Holland, and was communicated to Goldoni as a good subject for a play. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni, who got into a war with 603Gozzi, made Pantaleone a philistine, who used good sense against the follies of fashion. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Chiari and Goldoni replied to my attacks and those of my associates by challenging us to produce a comedy. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni, in the comedy The Persian Wife, gives us a glimpse of coffee making in the middle of the eighteenth century. All About Coffee But when Goldoni attacked it, and Gozzi rose in its defence, the type was already on the wane. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The fate of this drama was less happy, owing, however, to a mere accident, for which Goldoni was in no wise responsible. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern This was the history of his adaptation of The Natural Son from Goldoni. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. This type of drama, as I have said above, Goldoni and Chiari, under the mask of zeal for culture, but really with an eager eye to gain, had set themselves to ruin and abolish. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second He loved his Raphaels, his Titians, his Veroneses, his Rubenses, without any desire to make indifferent copies of them; he admired his Dante, his Petrarch, his Goldoni, without the wish to imitate them. The Lure of the Mask This was obviously unfair to Goldoni, who, whatever his faults of diction may have been, ranked immeasurably higher than the Abb�. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni, who, with all his sweetness of temper, was perfectly fearless, simply called on Diderot, and asked him what cause for spite he had against him and his works. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Now you will ask, perhaps, Is this a fair type of the present-day habits—are the Italians of our time like those of Goldoni's? Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General So I prepared myself for a guerilla warfare, something after Goldoni's own kind, but more witty and amusing. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second It is A Venetian Story, and the action takes place behind the scenes of "a comedy of Goldoni." The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 But Goldoni was guilty of an unpardonable sin in Gozzi's eyes. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It is a pity that Goldoni's Memoirs, from which the above sketch of his life is derived, were written in French instead of Italian, and with regard to a French rather than an Italian public. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The immortal Goldoni, as they print him in all the play-bills, is ineffably stupid, his characters ill drawn, his plots meagre, and his dialogue as flat as the talk of a three-volume novel. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General Chiari and Goldoni, on their side, were not idle; but the alliance they had struck took off considerably from their vogue. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second I hope you will play better than that, my dear, when you have had Signor Goldoni for awhile. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword But a step or two remained to be taken before Gozzi resolved to meet Goldoni on his own ground, the theatre. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z From Pavia, where he was staying with a relative, at that time governor of the city, Dr. Goldoni wrote that his Marchese had promised to be kind to his eldest son. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern We have to revert for all such things to Goldoni's plays and the pages of our own Byron. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852 It is very probable that, finding themselves eclipsed by what their rivals got for nothing, Goldoni's paymasters waxed insolent against him. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni, who lived at Venice, where there is more society than in any other Italian city, has introduced more refinement of observation into his pieces than is generally to be found in other authors. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy It is difficult to speak adequately and fairly of Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni's mother then bethought her of the law, and Carlo was sent to Venice to study under the care of an uncle. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern And now we must return to the Goldoni statue to resume that other itinerary over the Rialto bridge, which is as much the centre of Venice by day as S. Mark's Square is by night. A Wanderer in Venice Goldoni, with true business-like prudence, had compelled the shabby Italian comedians to pay him thirty sequins for every piece, good, bad, or indifferent, which he supplied them. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Gozzi, the rival of Goldoni, has more originality in his compositions; they bear less resemblance to regular comedy. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy Goldoni was a good man, a modest man, a man complete in all the social virtues. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This position, by no means arduous, left Goldoni plenty of time for himself. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni's Autobiography is not a very entertaining work, but it is told with the engaging minuteness which seems to have been a Venetian trait. A Wanderer in Venice Goldoni went to Paris, to seek his fortune there, whereof we shall be duly informed in his Memoirs. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The famous Venetian too, who has written so many successful comedies, and is now employed upon his own Memoirs, at the age of eighty-four, was a delightful addition to our Coterie, Goldoni. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I Goldoni bowed beneath the storm, and used his influence to withhold the sanguinary satire from further publicity. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z The extreme simplicity of Goldoni's plots is truly astonishing. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Having reached Goldoni's statue there are two courses open to us if we are in a mood for walking. A Wanderer in Venice Now it so happened that this theatre was occupied by a company which performed pieces in the fashion introduced by Chiari and Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second We left the capital at our intended time, and put into the carriage, for amusement, a book seriously recommended by Mr. Goldoni; but which diverted me only by the fanfaronades that it contained. Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. I But when we compare the three life-records of Goldoni, Casanova, and Gozzi, by far the deepest historical interest, in my opinion, belongs to the last. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni in his Memoirs gives no account of the production of "The Fan." The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The campo has changed little except that the conquering Austrians have gone and Goldoni's statue is now here. A Wanderer in Venice I admit that my satire here was somewhat harsh and broad; but it had been provoked by an expression of Goldoni's, who twitted me with being a man out of temper with fortune. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Harlequin, under the reforming hand of Goldoni, became a child of nature, the delight of his country; and he has commemorated the historical character of the great Harlequin Sacchi. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Otherwise, it would have been interesting to compare the portraits painted of themselves by those four eminent Italian contemporaries—Goldoni, Gozzi, Casanova, and Alfieri. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It is interesting in this respect to confront the two most popular dramas of the two dramatists, Molière's "Le Misanthrope" and Goldoni's "Il Burbero Benefico." The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern I have not been to the Fenice, but I once attended a performance of Amleto by "G. Shakespeare" in the Goldoni. A Wanderer in Venice Longhi surveyed human life with the same kindly glance and the same absence of gravity or depth of intuition as Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni considered Harlequin as a poor devil and dolt, whose coat is made up of rags patched together; his hat shows mendicity; and the hare's tail is still the dress of the peasantry of Bergamo. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 That was his great discovery; and that keeps the memory of Goldoni ever green among us. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni was, however, less happy than Molière as regards the times in which his lines were cast. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Mrs. Orr tells us that this sonnet, which had been promised for an album in praise of Goldoni, was forgotten until the messenger from the editor arrived for the copy. A Wanderer in Venice It was he who invited Goldoni to visit that city, and offered him an engagement for two years from the Court. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Goldoni, in his Memoirs, has given an amusing account of these honours. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 It was not Goldoni's fault that birth and fortune denied him those higher capacities and favourable openings which might have made his art-work monumental. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z They were not strict disciplinarians, these Goldoni, but easy-going folk, who liked to live and let live. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The exhibited autographs include Titian's hand large and forcible; Leopardi's, very neat; Goldoni's, delicate and self-conscious; Galileo's, much in earnest; and a poem by Tasso with myriad afterthoughts. A Wanderer in Venice Goldoni, in particular, called me a verbose word-monger, and kept asserting that the enormous crowds which flocked together to enjoy his plays constituted a convincing proof of their essential merit. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second They were all foreigners—Italians—and all their names were Goldoni, and there were forty-seven of them, and they were all in white and gold. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men Darbes, whom Goldoni learned to appreciate and use with excellent effect, seconded his efforts admirably; and in 1748 circumstances seemed propitious for attempting the long-cherished scheme of a revolution in the theatre. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z In 1731, Goldoni lost his father, an irreparable sorrow to him. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern As a playwright he wrote, among many lesser efforts, one supreme comedy, Mandragola, which Macaulay declares to be better than the best of Goldoni's plays, and only less excellent than the very best of Molière's. Machiavelli, Volume I Not a word is said from which the reader would guess that Diderot had borrowed the substance of his plot and some of its least insipid scenes from Goldoni. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) They were all big, but some of them were fat, and some of them were thin, like real people—not like the Goldonis, which were all alike. Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men This induced Goldoni to pursue the course he had begun. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It was on this that Goldoni prided himself, and justly. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern The memoirs of Alfieri and Goldoni are not deficient in any of the characteristics of good autobiography. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series In Germany it became an established favourite, and in Italy it was only less popular than a piece of Goldoni's. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Darbes, on one occasion, ventured to play this character in one of Goldoni characters, without a mask, and which, we are told, was a failure. A History of Pantomime Gozzi, alluding to this play, undertakes to expose the faults of Goldoni's own theatrical writings. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Yet another of Goldoni's merits was his rare skill in handling many personages at the same time, without sacrificing their individuality or hindering the clear and rapid progress of the scene. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Alfieri's were like lion's whelps—brought forth with difficulty, and at long intervals; Goldoni's, like the brood of a hare—many, frequent, and as agile as their parent. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Fielding and Collins, Goldsmith and Johnson, in England; Goldoni in Italy; Vauvenargues, Marmontel, Rousseau, in France; Winckelmann and Lessing in Germany, had all alike been doubtful of dinner, and trembled about a night's lodging. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Harlequin, however, under the reforming hand of Goldoni, became, in after years, a child of nature, and the delight of his country; and he has commemorated the historical character of the great Harlequin Sacchi. A History of Pantomime In spite of their mutual hostility, this game of battledore and shuttlecock between Chiari and Goldoni enabled the literary Conservatives to regard both playwrights as flying under one flag. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Goldoni himself felt with his personages, and therefore his hearers must do the same. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni was not, however, cured by his experience. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But the caffè in itself is in many respects a specialty of Venetian life, and has been so since the days of Goldoni. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 He found grace and beauty in the popolo whom he paints so well in the Goldoni sonnet. Robert Browning The best judges sided with Goldoni, while Chiari's glaring faults, which passed for brilliant qualities with the vulgar, won him numerous admirers. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This position, Chancellor to the Podestà, required almost continual change of place, and although Goldoni himself liked it very well, his mother disapproved of it highly, calling it a gipsy's post. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni had a little medicine and much law thrust upon him. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series In the eighteenth century Goldoni appeared and gave to the world his graceful comedies, which were followed by the lyric dramas of Metastasio and the lofty tragedies of Alfieri. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 When in 1883 the committee of the Goldoni monument asked Browning to contribute a poem to their Album he immediately complied with the request. Robert Browning Goldoni replied from time to time, but feebly. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It would lead us too far to follow Goldoni through all the incidents of his varied history. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni dashed off his pieces with the greatest ease on every possible subject. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series She is inimitable in such parts as the hostess in Goldoni's clever comedy of La Locandiera. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 A statue of Goldoni was about to be erected in Venice. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Strong in the unwavering appreciation of the public, and confident in his own powers, Goldoni could afford to make this concession to his antagonist. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z At Pavia, Goldoni spent his time over everything else but study, nor was his sojourn there long, for a satire composed and published, taken together with other pranks, led to his expulsion from the College. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni, in fact, had no real passion in his nature. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series He spoke of his mother, the celebrated actress, for whom her admirer Goldoni had written his admirable comedy, La Pupilla. Casanova's Homecoming We had an admirable Venetian Company,—using the dialect,—at the Goldoni Theatre. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Yet he knew that the attempt was perilous; and he made it, without obeying preconceived principles, without yielding to any imperative instinct, but solely with the view of giving Chiari and Goldoni a sound thrashing. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z This indignity of presentation awoke in Goldoni a desire to write a play on the same theme. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Against Alfieri's hatred of Turin and its trivial solemnities, we have to set Goldoni's love of Venice and its petty pleasures. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni scarcely got for each of his plays ten pounds from the manager of the Venetian theatre, and much less from the booksellers. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Goldoni,—good, gay, sunniest of souls,—Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine,—What though it just reflect the shade and shine Of common life, nor render, as it rolls Grandeur and gloom? Life and Letters of Robert Browning Before their author's death, he saw his own dramatic novelties cast into the shade and Goldoni's realistic comedies restored to favour. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z And he encouraged Goldoni to put his purpose into action. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni's fits of spleen—for he was melancholy now and then—lasted a day or two, and disappeared before a change of place. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Many years elapsed after Goldoni and Gozzi disappeared from the arena before there was any successor to rival their compositions. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities This sonnet to Goldoni also deserves to be more widely known, both for itself and for the manner of its production. Life and Letters of Robert Browning Meanwhile Goldoni parried all attacks by pointing to his popularity, and Chiari openly defied the Granelleschi to write a comedy, instead of condemning the plays in vogue. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z "The immortal Goldoni," as his countrymen love to call him, was born in Venice in 1707. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern How different from Goldoni's na�ve account of his little ovation in the theatre at Paris! Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series They recognized themselves in the lazy plays of Goldoni, or the equally diffused light of Manzoni. Jean-Christophe Journey's End The excessive admiration of Goldoni, and the injury sustained thereby by the masked comedy, for which the company of Sacchi in Venice possessed the highest talents, gave rise to the dramas of Gozzi. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Omitting further details, it is enough to say that Italy has elected to ignore Gozzi and to deify Goldoni. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z For a pleasure-lover, the Venice of that day was an earthly paradise, and the result in this case was that the elder Goldoni put no restraint upon himself whatever. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern There are few contrasts more striking than that which is presented by the memoirs of Goldoni and Alfieri. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series I note this trait in the Venetians, which Goldoni observed in the Milanese a hundred years ago, and which I incline to believe is common to all Italians. Venetian Life What they have, are nothing but pictures of manners still more dull and superficial than those of Goldoni, without drollery, or invention, and from their every-day commonplace, downright disagreeable. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Curious old theatres, faded and artificial, all apparently built for the comedies of Goldoni. A Wanderer in Florence At a blow all was changed for the Goldoni family. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni's grandfather died when he was five years old, and left his family in great embarrassment. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The reader is at first puzzled by their constant recurrence, but never weary of Goldoni's witty management of them. Venetian Life On the Fils Naturel Lessing has pronounced a severe sentence, without, however, censuring the scandalous plagiarism from Goldoni. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Next Goldoni claims attention, whose comedies of Italian manners throw much light upon the frivolous life in society before the French Revolution, his own career adding to the pictures of the time. Mrs. Shelley However, there was clearly good stuff in Goldoni's father. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern They were on the wing for Venice in a coasting boat, which would touch at Chiozza, where Goldoni's mother then resided. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series In the palace where Goldoni was born a servant showed me an entirely new room near the roof, in which he said the great dramatist had composed his immortal comedies. Venetian Life About the middle of the last century, Goldoni appeared as the reformer of Italian Comedy, and his success was so great, that he remained almost exclusively in possession of the comic stage. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature Here, too, the comedies of Goldoni were played with, as it seemed to me, considerable and ingenious skill. My Life — Volume 2 In Goldoni the perfect equilibrium of the faculties of the man correspond to the perfectly just and accurate sense of truth and naturalness which is revealed in the writer. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni's grandfather was a native of Modena, who had settled in Venice, and there lived with the prodigality of a rich and ostentatious 'bourgeois.' Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Your Highness, our leading tragedians are monkeys trained to dance to the tune of Goldoni and Metastasio. The Valley of Decision There is an almost amusing illustration of this in the paraphrase of Goldoni's comedy which the composer took as a libretto. A Second Book of Operas The Mandragola, in particular, is superior to the best of Goldoni, and inferior only to the best of Moliere. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 To this city, among this people, Goldoni returned, one of its own children, endowed with its nature, apt to understand its wishes and inclinations. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Everything was gay about Goldoni in his earliest childhood. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series It was a comedy in the style of Goldoni's early pieces, representing the actual life of the day, but interspersed with the antics of the masks, to whose improvised drolleries the people still clung. The Valley of Decision Goldoni clung much to his fellow-men, and shared their pains and pleasures. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series All Goldoni was able to do consisted in crying out for help, and the lady called him 'M. l'Abb�' ever after for his want of pluck. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni, while superior in imagination, in spontaneity, deals more with the superficial aspects of humanity. The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni edited with an introduction by Helen Zimmern Goldoni never gave himself the least trouble to learn anything, but trusted to the ready wit, good memory, and natural powers, which helped him in a hundred strange emergencies. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni was told to repair at night to the palace of his mistress, and to pour his passion forth beneath her window. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Melpomene presided at this union, while Thalia blessed the nuptials of Goldoni. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni must have been by far the more agreeable of the two. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni wrote because he liked to write; Alfieri, for the sake of proving his superior powers. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The chains of love which Goldoni courted so willingly, Alfieri regarded with the greatest shyness. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni's versatility and want of depth induced him to write sparkling comedies. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni's bourgeoisie, in the atmosphere of which he was born and bred, was essentially comic. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni's comedies, again, have not enough of serious thought or of true creative imagination to be works of high art. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni drew his inspirations from the moment and surrounding circumstances. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series But while Goldoni healed his heart of all its bruises in a week or so, the tragic poet bore about him wounds that would not close. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni, but for his authorship, would certainly have grown a prosperous advocate, and died of gout in Venice. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni never speaks of politics, and praises Paris as a heaven on earth. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Goldoni's memoirs are diffuse and flippant in their light French dress. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Though Goldoni tried to write tragedies, they were unimpassioned, dull, and tame. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series The life of Goldoni was one long scene of shifts and jests, of frequent triumphs and some failures, of lessons hard at times, but kindly. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series This is one of those queer Italian inns, which carry you away at once into a scene of Goldoni. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series |
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