Republic of Letters [ National & Transnational cultures / Reading & Writing ]
… Hume, Cesare Beccaria, and Madame du Deffand maintained active communication by writing letters to their vast numbers of acquaintances in an exchange of news and ideas. The idea of a ‘Res Publica Litteraria’ dates back to antiquity, and was …
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