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Percy Shelley (the sociable nightingale) [ Art and Literature ]
… workings of poetic influence, implicitly acknowledging the creative potential of sociability. Navigating through many circles, in Marlow, London (in Hunt’s ‘Cockney school’) and in Pisa, Shelley also formed intense and durable friendships, … Prose, 208)). Foregrounding the image of the ‘uroburos’ in Prometheus Unbound , Shelley was himself invested in many circles in his lifetime, notably Hunt’s circle, known as the ‘Cockney school,’ whose medium of publication was The … University Press, 1996), p. 221. As a result, this circle of fellow poets and writers – not unlike earlier manuscript circles – also provided an immediate and sympathetic audience for Shelley’s poetic production, and a source of …
Friendship | Italy | Poetry | Romanticism
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Dositej Obradović [ Travel ]
… who introduced him to the community of the Scots in London and the dissenting Unitarians in Norwich. Attending these circles was a great stimulus for Obradović, who thus understood how British sociability and intellectual circles led to the spread of new ideas. Once he was back among the Serbs, he put this newly acquired knowledge into practice by forming circles of friends and collaborators who could continue his work on publishing and on educating the younger generation of …
Cosmopolitanism | Dissent | Enlightenment | Scotland
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Collections [ Furniture & Interior decoration / Art & Luxury ]
… ( Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017). Myers, Robin, and Michael Harris, Antiquaries, Book collectors and the Circles of Learning (Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1996). Scott, Jonathan, The … ( Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017). Myers, Robin, and Michael Harris, Antiquaries, Book collectors and the Circles of Learning (Winchester: St Paul's Bibliographies; New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1996). Scott, Jonathan, The …
Aesthetics | Art | Collecting | Curiosity | Italy | Museums | Science
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Charles Macklin [ Art and Literature ]
… born Cathal MacLochlainn (1699?–1797) exemplifies the Irish Enlightenment and successful access to British social circles, London theatres, Anglo-Irish debating and charitable societies. Moreover, he was eager to acquire a lasting … 1 . 'Gaeltacht' is the area of Ireland where many people spoke Irish (Irish Gaelic) as a first language. London Social Circles and Theatres Macklin was born in a poor rural Irish-speaking and Catholic community on the far northwestern coast … Through his quest for knowledge, he is a striking example of the influence of the Irish Enlightenment on London social circles and Anglo-Irish societies, theatres and clubs in England and Ireland. His success on the British stage (Bristol, …
Anglo-Irishness | Charity | Debate | Enlightenment | Ireland | Theatre
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Bookshops in London [ Cities / Trade ]
… End, they fulfilled a wide range of functions (mail, banking, politics). Their crucial significance in various social circles could be best explained by the connections to other public places such as coffee-houses, taverns, markets and many cultural institutions (clubs, libraries, antiquarian circles). Most printers and booksellers were amphibious businessmen, whose prosperity depended on their ability to liaise … End, they fulfilled a wide range of functions (mail, banking, politics). Their crucial significance in various social circles could be best explained by the connections to other public places such as coffee-houses, taverns, markets and …
Books | Commerce | Reading
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Helen Maria Williams [ Art and Literature / Travel ]
… 1792, contributed greatly to the circulation of ideas between France and England through her intellectual and political circles as well as through her publications. She was a tireless chronicler of social practices and historical events from … Revolution Politics Women Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827) showed a sustained appetence for literary and political circles. She frequented many salons in Paris and London before becoming a salonnière herself in both capitals. Born to a … who encouraged her literary activity, she met Richard Price and Joseph Priestley, who were also members of nonconformist circles and closely associated with the Whigs. She joined the salon of Elizabeth Robinson Montagu (who became her patron) …
Correspondence | France | French Revolution | Politics | Women
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Mary Berry [ Art and Literature ]
… Abstract Mary Berry (1763-1852), renowned traveller, author, and salonnière, friend of Horace Walpole's, headed sociable circles in London but also spent time in the vicinity of Strawberry Hill. She became the posthumous editor of Walpole's … Bluestockings Correspondence Literature Travel Theatre Mary Berry (1763-1852) headed and participated in sociable circles in London and on the continent, was a scrupulous editor, a prolific writer, and an enthusiastic traveller. She … which she helped to preserve into the nineteenth century, but she was not close enough to the original bluestocking circles to be counted as one of them. 1 . Anon, ‘[Review of] Extracts of [sic!] the Journals and Correspondence of Miss …
Bluestockings | Correspondence | Literature | Travel | Theatre
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Snuffbox [ Art & Luxury / Clothing & Fashion / Social interaction / Taste & Manners / Rituals & Ceremonies ]
… constitutive accessories in the performance of fashionable sociability among the elite but also in more plebeian social circles. Their highly decorative surfaces also afforded a grammar of sociability, from ostentatious display aimed to … and commercial interactions. The reputation of the Ducrollay brothers’ astounding craftsmanship led royal and elite circles to commission dazzling snuffboxes from their workshops. Luxury snuffboxes granted their owners a visual … the order: ‘I carried her the snuff box She had desired I wou’d buy at Paris.’ 3 The enactment of friendship In elite circles as well as in lower social ranks, snuffboxes were widely popular and served as the expression of friendship and …
Collecting | Consumption | Emotions | Fashion | Friendship | Luxury | North America | Snuff
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Elizabeth (Robinson) Montagu [ Art and Literature ]
… was perhaps the best-known salon hostess during the second half of the eighteenth century. She was a towering figure in circles promoting literary sociability, and a respected literary critic after her publication of an essay on Shakespeare … – more easily than in London, she met many of the literary men and women who would later be part of the bluestocking circles. After her husband’s death in 1775, Elizabeth Montagu took over the direction of their coal mines in Newcastle, … Her circle was gradually enlarged, including ‘a heavy complement of the aristocracy’ until ‘there were interlocking circles of the observed and their observers’. 3 Bluestocking sociability eschewed formal visits and clothes (the blue …
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