Kit-Cat Club [ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]
… it had developed an agenda to direct English arts and letters, with a particular emphasis on journalism and opera. 1 . Edward (Ned) Ward, The Secret History of the Clubs (London: 1709) The practices of the Kit-Cat Club were relatively formalised. It met … The Kit-Cats saw themselves as promoting Britain’s cultural reputation on the international stage in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). 7 They also saw themselves as educators of the ‘middling sort’, funding several …
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