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The Livornese Jewish scholar Joseph Attias (1672-1739) is known for his contributions to eighteenth-century Tuscan culture as a book collector and mediator. Attias sent two autobiographical letters to a beloved correspondent, renowned Modenese historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori, in 1724 and 1733. This presentation will analyze the documents as self-conscious life narratives and examples of early Enlightenment self-fashioning that shed light on the strategies employed by a Jewish member of the Republic of Letters to present his formative years, his training, and his achievements to one of the most esteemed representatives of eighteenth-century Italian culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Joseph Attias' Letter to L.A. Muratori (December 22, 1724)
- Joseph Attias' Letter to L.A. Muratori (November 20, 1733)
Event Website
http://wesscholar.wesleyan.edu/emw/emw2011/
Start Date
22-8-2011 2:00 PM
Location
University of Texas at Austin
Included in
Cultural History Commons, European History Commons, History of Religion Commons, Italian Language and Literature Commons, Jewish Studies Commons
Autobiographical accounts for a non-Jewish friend: Joseph Attias' Letters to L.A. Muratori
University of Texas at Austin
The Livornese Jewish scholar Joseph Attias (1672-1739) is known for his contributions to eighteenth-century Tuscan culture as a book collector and mediator. Attias sent two autobiographical letters to a beloved correspondent, renowned Modenese historian Ludovico Antonio Muratori, in 1724 and 1733. This presentation will analyze the documents as self-conscious life narratives and examples of early Enlightenment self-fashioning that shed light on the strategies employed by a Jewish member of the Republic of Letters to present his formative years, his training, and his achievements to one of the most esteemed representatives of eighteenth-century Italian culture.
This presentation is for the following text(s):
- Joseph Attias' Letter to L.A. Muratori (December 22, 1724)
- Joseph Attias' Letter to L.A. Muratori (November 20, 1733)
https://research.library.fordham.edu/emw/emw2011/emw2011/6
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