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… circles in London but also spent time in the vicinity of Strawberry Hill. She became the posthumous editor of Walpole's correspondence, and authored two plays as well as historiographical works. She met a large number of literati, artists, … Baillie, documented through letters, which provided her with support. People > Art and Literature Keywords Bluestockings Correspondence Literature Travel Theatre Mary Berry (1763-1852) headed and participated in sociable circles in London and … original bluestocking circles to be counted as one of them. 1 . Anon, ‘[Review of] Extracts of [sic!] the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the Year 1783 to 1852‘, British Quarterly Review (vol. 43, 1866), p. 60-86. 2 . Susanne …

… a special kind of sociability, relying on the qualities of the heart and mind. People > Art and Literature Keywords Correspondence Emotions Fiction Friendship Although Samuel Richardson was a reserved, taciturn man who was ill at ease in … based on authenticity, or, in Richardson’s words, a contract sealed between the hearts of the parties concerned: ‘ Correspondence is, indeed, the cement of friendship: it is friendship avowed under hand and seal, friendship upon bond, … p. 105-106. 4 . Lady Bradshaigh wrote to Richardson, ‘I could not express half my thoughts when I saw you last.’ The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, author of Pamela, Clarissa and Sir Charles Grandison, ed. Anna Laetitia Barbauld …

… in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century that was comprised of numerous networks throughout Europe and the Americas. Correspondence was the defining feature of its existence, enabling the dissemination of ideas, new literary and … Concepts > National & Transnational cultures Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Academies Censorship Community Correspondence Cosmopolitanism Networks Republic of Letters The Republic of Letters was both an abstract ideal of a … increase in movement and communication can be discerned in particular in the ‘numerical explosion of letters,’ where correspondences which used to number in the dozens or hundreds grow to thousands of letters exchanged ( Edelstein et al. …

… pupils for a sociable life and imagined a sociable life after death. People > Art and Literature Keywords Animals Beauty Correspondence Death Education Nature Philanthropy Picturesque Religion Unsociability William Gilpin (1724-1804) was a … clearly show his deep interest in family matters and concerns. However, in several places, his passive and active correspondence provides images of a rather unsociable man, 2  who did not enjoy the company even of his relatives, while … Thought (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), p. 44. 3 . William Gilpin, William Writes to William: The Correspondence of William Gilpin (1724-1804) and his Grandson William (1789-1811), ed. A. Kerhervé (Cambridge: Cambridge …

… her own stamp on fashionable London society. People > Art and Literature Keywords Assemblies Bluestockings Conversation Correspondence Friendship Women The fourth child of nine surviving siblings, Elizabeth Robinson grew up in a … manuscripts left by Montagu and her correspondents , which are currently being edited by the Project Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO). 6  Most of these letters have not been published before, though a first selection appeared … of her early letters was compiled by Emily Climenson, and in 1923, Reginald Blunt published a selection of her later correspondence. A few more letters have found their way into print, along with an unpublished Dialogue of the Dead, in …

… explores the relationship between high society, sociability and suicide. People > Aristocracy People > Fashion Keywords Correspondence Fashion Fiction Gambling Politics Suicide Georgiana Cavendish, the fifth Duchess of Devonshire … the ‘bon ton’. 1 . Horace Walpole to Lady Ossory, Wednesday 1st February, 1775, The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, ed. W.S Lewis, 48 volumes (1937-1983), vol. 32, p. 232. Cavendish became the figurehead of the … Further Reading Bessborough, Earl of (ed.), Georgiana: Extracts from the Correspondence of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (London: John Murray, 1955). Wetherall Dickson, Leigh, ‘Fashion …

… and historical events from the Revolution to the Restoration. People > Art and Literature People > Travel Keywords Correspondence France French Revolution Politics Women Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827) showed a sustained appetence for … 10/14/2024, URL: https://www.digitens.org/en/notices/helen-maria-williams.html Further Reading Favret, Mary A., Romantic Correspondence: Women, Politics and the Fiction of Letters (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993). Kennedy, … chronicler of social practices and historical events from the Revolution to the Restoration. … Favret, Mary A., Romantic Correspondence: Women, Politics and the Fiction of Letters (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993). Kennedy, …