William Gilpin and picturesque unsociability [ Art and Literature ]
… making handsome entertainments. He was glad to receive a friend at dinner in a family way; or a neighbour to drink tea: but the expence of entertainments — the loss of time they occasioned, which in large mixed companies is seldom made … words, scholarly education is thus perceived as the means to learn social life and must be understood by young children. Teaching how to live together in society was one of the main concerns of the headmaster in his school at Cheam. In order … sociabilité: résistances et résilience (Paris : Le Manuscrit, 2017). Barbier, C. P., William Gilpin: His Drawings, Teachings, and Theory of the Picturesque (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1963). Gilpin, William, Memoirs of Dr. …
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