Republic of Letters [ National & Transnational cultures / Reading & Writing ]
… feature of its existence, enabling the dissemination of ideas, new literary and philosophical manuscripts, and political news and pamphlets. But the erudite epistolary backbone of the Republic of Letters was also enriched by networks grounded … du Deffand maintained active communication by writing letters to their vast numbers of acquaintances in an exchange of news and ideas. The idea of a ‘Res Publica Litteraria’ dates back to antiquity, and was also alive and well during the … all of Europe, as well as enabling the dissemination of ideas, new literary and philosophical manuscripts, and political news and pamphlets. 5 As Edelstein et al. put it, ‘If books and journals were the culminating products of the Republic …
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