Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… Image Charles Wild, ‘St James's Palace: The north front‘, Royal Collection, RCIN 922161, 1819. Abstract The Scriblerus Club lasted only for less than a year, starting in the spring of 1714, and ending in November of that same year, but the … Robert Harley, then the secretary of the treasurer. Working collaboratively, the group created the persona of Martinus Scriblerus, through whose writings they wanted to accomplish their satirical aims. Besides this persona, the idea of …
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