Search

Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]

… Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Character Concepts > Social interaction Keywords masculinity Rank Violence Rape culture Literature The term ‘rake’, short for ‘rakehell’, has been used to describe a licentious man of loose morals … failed education of the young protagonist Sir John Galliard are identified as the very evils that ultimately led him to rape and impregnate the character of Miss Friendly. This message is reinforced by the fact that the rake’s victim is the …

Mohock scare [ Feelings & Emotions / Publicity ]

… & Emotions Concepts > Publicity Keywords street violence Lord Hinchingbroke Jonathan Swift John Gay public fear rake culture Historians have pondered the concomitant if not paradoxical entanglement of politeness and libertine behavior in … of Law’, 13  couching their exploits in mock-heroic tones. Tangentially related, one also finds Alexander Pope’s  The Rape of the Lock  (1712-17), written during the scare. In this work, the Baron cuts off Belinda’s hair (albeit in much … darker twin of polite society. … street violence … Lord Hinchingbroke … Jonathan Swift … John Gay … public fear … rake culture … Mohock scare …

Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]

… creative sociability that is one of the key aspects of its legacy. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords Academy England Meeting Association Satire Social network Intellectual circle Club Friendship … of artistic creativity that derived from a shared sense of humour as well as a shared sense of aspects of society and culture that were worthy of criticism and satire. Its real existence as an actual practice – authors meeting with the … with Windsor Forest (1711), controversy with An Essay on Criticism (1713), and widespread popularity with The Rape of the Lock (1714). His friendship with Swift that led to the establishment of the Scriblerus Club, and that …

Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]

… one of the artistic manifestations of Le Rêve chinois , which reached its height thanks to the feminine and domestic culture of tea drinking. Chinoiserie was a style inspired by art and design from China, Japan and other Asian countries … for the ritual of tea drinking. Literary and non-literary depictions of chinoiserie can be found in Alexander Pope's Rape of the Lock (1717) , Daniel Defoe’s Captain Singleton (1720), Jonas Hanway’s Essay on Tea (1756), Oliver Goldsmith’s … and refined women were contributing to the socio-cultural exchanges between East and West, between Oriental and European cultures of sociability. By combining European rituals of politeness with Chinese teaware, upper-class women were able to …

Gaming table [ Sports & Gaming accessories ]

… – led Alexander Pope to liken it to a green battlefield during the game of Ombre between Belinda and the Baron in  The Rape of the Lock  (1714): ‘As many more Manillio forc’d to yield,/And march'd a Victor from the verdant Field’ (Canto … Ramond, Pierre, La Marqueterie (Dourdan : Éditions H. Vial, 1988). Reith, Gerda, The Age of Chance: Gambling in Western Culture (London: Routledge, 1999). … Although game scene paintings from the sixteenth century usually feature players …