Taverns [ Food & Drink venues ]
… in the art and literature of the period they are associated with prostitution, gambling, drinking, and theft. While Addison and Steele’s theorization of polite urban sociability included taverns as well as coffeehouse, 2 their ideas … attract women. But at their heart was an emerging culture of masculine conviviality, which had begun to move away from Addison and Steele’s ideal of informed and witty conversation towards a form of sociability that emphasized shared …
Celebration | Conviviality | Dining | French Revolution | Prostitution | Radicalism
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