GIOVANNI BATTISTA See also:

• GIOVANNI BATTISTA CASTI (1721–1803)

CASTI (1721–1803)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of humble parents at See also:

• MONTEFIASCONE

Montefiascone, in the states of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, in 1721 . He See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the dignity of See also:

• CANON

canon in the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, but gave up his See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance of church preferment to satisfy his See also:

• GAY, JOHN (1685-1732)
• GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE (1776-1852)
• GAY, WALTER (1856– )

gay and restless spirit by visiting most of the capitals of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . In 1782, on the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• METASTASIO (1698-1782)

Metastasio, he was appointed Poeta Cesario, or poet-See also:

• LAUREATE (Lat. laureatus, from laurea, the laurel tree)

laureate of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, in which capacity he applied himself with See also:

• GREAT

great success to the See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera bouffe; but in 1796 he resigned this See also:

• POST

post, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that he might not be hampered by See also:

• POLITICAL

political relations; and he spent the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his See also:

• LIFE

life as a private See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he died in 1803 . See also:

• CASTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1721–1803)

Casti is best known as the author of the Novelle galanti, and of Gli Animali parlanti, a poetical See also:

• ALLEGORY (iXXos, other, and ayopeuav, to speak)

allegory, over which he spent eight years (1794–1802), and which, notwithstanding its tedious length, excited so much See also:

• INTEREST

interest that it was translated into See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, and (very freely and with additions) into See also:

• ENGLISH

English, in W . S . Rose's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court and See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament of Beasts (Lond., 1819) . Written during the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Revolution in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, it was intended to exhibit the feelings and hopes of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people and the defects and absurdities of various political systems . The Novelle Galanti is a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of poetical tales, in the ottava rima—a See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre largely used by Italian poets for that class of compositions . The See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole merit of these poems consists in the See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony and purity of the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, and the liveliness and sarcastic See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of many passages . They are, however, characterized by the grossest licentiousness; and there is no originality of See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot—that, according to the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom of Italian novelists, being taken from classical See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology or other See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient legends . Among the other See also:

• WORKS

works of Casti is the Poema Tartaro, a See also:

• MOCK

mock-heroic See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on the court of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine II., with which he was personally acquainted .