Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… toasting, irreverent singing, and speech-making, were common in the mixed company of the Foxite Whigs, giving elite women access to forms of sociability that were generally considered to be masculine ( Newman 119-124). Opposition to … ideas that threatened political stability. A more dispersed, but nevertheless sustained pattern of critique emerges in women writers from across the political spectrum, including Maria Edgeworth, Elizabeth Inchbald, Hannah More , Charlotte Smith, and Mary Wollstonecraft. In the writings of these women conviviality is typically seen as an irresponsible indulgence that can lead to drunkenness and gambling, often at …
Community | Conviviality | Hilarity | Politics | Song | Toasting
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