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Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… an essayist and novelist, for instance, were very famous in town for organising singing or dance classes as well as tea afternoons for women to meet and debate. Their husbands would also defend their ideas in their clubs and societies. 3 … in the way of thinking, becoming some kind of model for the French and English societies. Indeed, many travellers, teachers and students would come and study in Edinburgh. They were motivated to do so by the reputation and the ideas … men such as Henry Home, Thomas Reid and William Robertson tried to convince the population to read and speak English instead of Gaelic, Scots or any other Scottish provincial idiom. It became fashionable to consult English friends for …
Britishness | Enlightenment | Highlands | Scotland
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English theatre in Enlightenment France [ Literary & Artistic genres ]
… pathos, itself destined to sublime into a love of mankind and a propensity for sociability.’ 12 The purpose was to ‘teach men to live together better, to offer them the opportunity to rediscover the virtues of a community cemented by … principles... [and] the energy of the passions it stirred up revitalised the newly awakened sociability.’ A sharing of tears accompanied the euphoric gratitude and exalted altruism, until this empathy was transmuted into collective … For some, this mutual inspiration only underscored the ambiguous relationship between the British and the French. ‘Our tearful dramas are more popular in London than in Paris, and Romeo and Beverlei attract larger audiences here than the …
Anglomania | Audience | Emotions | Enlightenment | Friendship | Theatre | Translation
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