Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… , and ‘the queen of watering-places’ became the playing field of opposed forces, both centrifugal and centripetal. In letters and in fiction, Bath could be celebrated for its sociability or conversely lambasted for the poor quality of its … Reaktion Books, 1995), p. 57: ‘sterility’ was perceived as a ‘social disease.’ 10 . Alain Kerhervé has shown the role of letters in the circulation of spa gossip between friends: ‘Writing Letters from Georgian Spas: The Impressions of a Few English Ladies,’ in Annick Cossic and Patrick Galliou (eds.), Spas …
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