Professor of French and Francophone Studies
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of European Languages & Transcultural Studies.
Research expertise
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature and culture; autobiographical expression; graphic novels.
Contributions
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Giacomo Casanova
Casanova’s sociability was the result of his personality, and his life, most of which – at least the part recounted – was spent as a wanderer throughout Europe, an adventurer seeking fortune. Casanova made his living by such varied means as organizing a royal lottery, gambling, and at times acting as a confidence man.