Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… these was serious, the other mock-serious. Jonathan Swift was honestly advocating for the establishment of an academy of letters similar to the Académie Française , a view he expressed in his pamphlet ‘A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and … on Dr. Swift’s Letter to Harley’ and ‘The British Academy’. Thus, Swift felt that an association of eminent men of letters could be beneficial to the state of language, literature, and culture in general. Alexander Pope , on the other … Club.’ The poet Alexander Pope completes the list of confirmed members. While far from his zenith as the leading man of letters in London, by 1714 he had already become a prominent voice in the republic of letters, gaining recognition with …
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