Salons [ Associational culture ]
… of salons taking place throughout Paris. These weekly gatherings featured a mixed-gendered group of aristocrats, artists, and men of letters. The salons were social gatherings, involving conversation and games, but they were also … Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, III: The Renaissance (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), p. 378. The art of refined conversation was at the core of these gatherings hosted by elite French women. Individuals amused … place gens de lettres and gens du monde , including aristocrats, high-ranking government officials, men of letters, and artists. (Lilti 66) Grimm described Julie de Lespinasse’s salon according to the following, ‘ Son cercle se renouvelait …
Enlightenment | France | Gaming | Networks | Patronage
Encyclopedia