Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… creative sociability that is one of the key aspects of its legacy. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Keywords Academies Friendship Satire The Scriblerus Club was much less a formalized social practice, let alone a … of artistic creativity that derived from a shared sense of humour as well as a shared sense of aspects of society and culture that were worthy of criticism and satire. Its real existence as an actual practice – authors meeting with the … Swift felt that an association of eminent men of letters could be beneficial to the state of language, literature, and culture in general. Alexander Pope , on the other hand, had previous to the establishment of the club developed the idea …
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