Female friendship in eighteenth-century English literature [ Feelings & Emotions ] Conflict | Friendship | Gender | Sex | Women Encyclopedia
Samuel Johnson [ Art and Literature ] … Thompson published by Owen Bailey, stipple and line engraving, 'A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds's', © National Portrait Gallery. NPG D14518, 1851. Abstract Johnson was one of the foremost and most controversial literary men of his … Celebrity | Conversation | Depression | Clubs | Fame | Gender Encyclopedia
Touch and sociability [ Communication ] … Image James Gillray, 'A broad hint of not meaning to dance', © National Portrait Gallery, NPG D12835, 1804. Abstract The historiography suggests a growing culture of polite sociability across … Conduct | Conventions | Dance | Gender | Kissing | Propriety | Touch Encyclopedia
Joseph Farington (and his diary) [ Art and Literature / Diaries & Letters / Communication ] … Image Henry Bone after John Opie, ‘Joseph Farington’, © National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG D17553, 1794. Abstract The Diary of Joseph Farington offers a rich source for thinking … Art | Conventions | Diaries | Gender | Gossip Encyclopedia