La Polonia negli scritti di due autori veneziani: due politiche dell’informazione a confronto

Abstract

The events in Poland between the years 1763 and 1772 that led to the first partition of the Republic aroused great interest in Europe. The information in question also appeared in the newspaper pages of several Italian states. The theme returned in volumes written by Venetian authors, including Domenico Caminer's Storia della guerra presente tra la Russia e la Porta Ottomana and Istoria delle turbolenze della Polonia dalla morte di Elisabetha Petrowna fino alla pace fra la Russia e la porta Ottomana in cui si trovano tutti gli avvenimenti cagione della rivoluzione di quel regno by Giacomo Casanova. The article aims to highlight the two different models of information used to elaborate on the same historical subject: Caminer's dry style, typical of gazetteers who tend rather to stick to the facts and show great reticence in their comments, and Casanova's polemical and subjective style.