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… its invented characters as a format (it sought to have the ‘air of common speech’); 5 reported conversations in the coffeehouses such as Will’s and White’s; and encouraged conversation amongst its readers. 4 . Sir Richard Steele, The … Brewer, John, The Pleasures of the Imagination (London: Harper Collins, 1997). Cowan ,  Brian , ‘ Mr. Spectator and the Coffeehouse Public Sphere ’,  Eighteenth-Century Studies  (vol. 37 , n°  3 , April  2004 ), p.  345 -66. Klein, Lawrence, … Brewer, John, The Pleasures of the Imagination (London: Harper Collins, 1997). Cowan ,  Brian , ‘ Mr. Spectator and the Coffeehouse Public Sphere ’,  Eighteenth-Century Studies  (vol. 37 , n°  3 , April  2004 ), p.  345 -66. Klein, Lawrence, …

… coffee-houses had often abutted onto booksellers’ shops, and well into the eighteenth century the economic power of coffeehouse audiences remained strongly influential on the output of their community’. 4   In the City, booksellers were … stability and novelty could also be seen in most London social spheres, which relied equally on early modern taverns and coffeehouses and new sources of attractions around parks, clubs and polite societies. In their ubiquitous presence, … 2007), p. 155; James Raven, Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England (Woodbridge, 2014). 4 . Adrian Johns, ‘Coffeehouses and Print Shops’ in by L. Daston and K. Park (eds), The Cambridge History of Science, III: Early Modern …

… periodical essay While seventeenth-century English newspapers and the political press were largely associated with male coffeehouse sociability – customers could read the papers for the price of a cup of coffee – the leisure press which …  (1718-1721), or yet triweeklies like  The Tatler  (1709-1711) or  The Lover  (1714) were not only available in coffeehouses but also through private subscriptions. Women, who were barred access to coffeehouses, could therefore read them at home. Their literacy and purchasing power were improving fast.  The   …

… and social networks that met face-to-face, thanks to increased travel and social institutions such as the salons, coffeehouses, and masonic lodges. Concepts > National & Transnational cultures Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords … print culture, as well as academic institutions like the academies and institutions of sociability like the salons and coffeehouses. This contributed to the transition from a ‘ humanist model of Latin men of letters to a more socially … to expand and be maintained thanks to social institutions where individuals could meet face-to-face such as the salons, coffeehouses, and masonic lodges. 8 . Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Le mythe de l'Europe française au XVIIIe siècle: …

… derived its name from the refuse ditch (grub) that ran alongside. It had a high concentration of taverns, dosshouses, coffeehouses, and brothels – as well as publishers, booksellers, and authors. This mixture of the socially low, the … the 1665 Plague). It also had a high concentration of taverns, dosshouses (one of the lowest forms of accommodation), coffeehouses, and brothels – as well as of publishers, booksellers, and authors. It is this mixture of the socially low, … derived its name from the refuse ditch (grub) that ran alongside. It had a high concentration of taverns, dosshouses, coffeehouses, and brothels – as well as publishers, booksellers, and authors. This mixture of the socially low, the …