Mary Delany [ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… participation to collective activity and court, all the while relying on her sense of propriety to adapt to new sociable circles or to organize her own assemblies. People > Art and Literature Practices > Reading & Writing Keywords Assemblies … companions – Edmund Burke, David Garrick, Samuel Johnson , Samuel Pepys , Horace Walpole , in precise, unbroken semi-circles opposite the fireside, to paraphrase Edward Burney ’s description. 11 Although Mary Delany’s name is not … participation to collective activity and court, all the while relying on her sense of propriety to adapt to new sociable circles or to organize her own assemblies. … Clark, Peter, Sociability and Urbanity: Clubs and Societies in the …
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