Literary Academies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… of cultural processes, [which] produced a disciplined, regulated, and structured organisation, combining pleasure, gambling, and entertainment with the desire for culture.’ 5 The proliferation of academies in every Italian city 6 … of an impetus for the latter to develop. The art of conversation played a central role in Parisian salons, alongside gambling and literary readings. (Lilti 273–318) The desired outcomes, like in the Italian academies, were a ‘coming …
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