GOZZI, CARLO. – Writer, born in Venice on 13 Dec. 1720, died there on 4 Apr. 1806.
Younger brother of Gasparo, he is remembered for *Marfisa bizzarra*, for the *Fiabe* (delicate, sometimes witty, often weighed down by superfluous allegories, yet which enjoyed considerable success especially in Romantic Germany), and for the *Memorie inutili*, a shrewd recollection of his life. A staunch opponent of Carlo Goldoni, whom he accused of lacking poetry and morality, he represents an interesting figure of the rigid Venetian tradition opposed to modern literary and moral “follies”; a faithful advocate of obedience to established governments, he was a convinced opponent of the separation between philosophy and religion promoted by the “philosophers,” who, in his view, had renamed “blushing” and “shame” as prejudice.
GOZZI, CARLO. – Writer, born in Venice on 13 Dec. 1720, died there on 4 Apr. 1806.
Younger brother of Gasparo, he is remembered for *Marfisa bizzarra*, for the *Fiabe* (delicate, sometimes witty, often weighed down by superfluous allegories, yet which enjoyed considerable success especially in Romantic Germany), and for the *Memorie inutili*, a shrewd recollection of his life. A staunch opponent of Carlo Goldoni, whom he accused of lacking poetry and morality, he represents an interesting figure of the rigid Venetian tradition opposed to modern literary and moral “follies”; a faithful advocate of obedience to established governments, he was a convinced opponent of the separation between philosophy and religion promoted by the “philosophers,” who, in his view, had renamed “blushing” and “shame” as prejudice.