Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… Image Charles Wild, ‘St James's Palace: The north front‘, Royal Collection, RCIN 922161, 1819. Abstract The Scriblerus Club lasted only for less than a year, starting in the spring of 1714, and ending in November of that same year, but the ‘Scriblerian spirit’ that was developed in these few meetings never left their participants. The club consisted of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Arbuthnot, John Gay, and Thomas Parnell, as well as Robert Harley, … developing a kind of intellectual and creative sociability that is one of the key aspects of its legacy. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords Academies Friendship Satire The Scriblerus Club was much …
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