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COUNT GASPARO GOZZI (1713-1786)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 305 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COUNT GASPARO See also:GOZZI (1713-1786)  , eldest See also:brother of Carlo See also:Gozzi, was See also:born on the 4th of See also:December 1713 . In 1739 he married the poetess Luise Bergalli, and she undertook the management of the See also:theatre of Sant' Angelo, See also:Venice, he supplying the performers with dramas chiefly translated from the See also:French . The See also:speculation proved unfortunate, but meantime he had attained a high reputation for his contributions to the Gazzetta Veneta, and he soon came to be known as one of the ablest critics and purest and most elegant stylists in See also:Italy . For a considerable See also:period he was See also:censor of the See also:press in Venice, and in 1974 he was appointed to reorganize the university See also:system at See also:Padua . He died at Padua on the 26th of December 1786 . His See also:principal writings are Osservatore Veneto periodico (1761), on the See also:model of the See also:English Spectator, and distinguished by its high moral See also:tone and its See also:light and pleasant See also:satire; Lettere famigliari (1755), a collection of See also:short racy pieces in See also:prose and See also:verse, on subjects of See also:general See also:interest; See also:Sermon, poems in See also:blank verse after the manner of See also:Horace; Il Mondo morale (176o), a personification of human passions with inwoven dialogues in the See also:style of See also:Lucian; and Giudizio degli antichi poeti sopra la moderna censura di See also:Dante (1755), a See also:defence of the See also:great poet against the attacks of See also:Bettinelli . He also translated various See also:works from the French and English, including See also:Marmontel's Tales and See also:Pope's See also:Essay on See also:Criticism . His collected works were published at Venice, 1794-1798, in 12 volumes, and several See also:editions have appeared since .

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