Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… (Boston: Bedford St Martin’s), The Spectator n° 411. 4 . In n° 11, Steele creates the character of Arietta who embodies the virtuous female character promoted by the periodical, a foil to disturbing female figures such as the amazon, … nicknamed by Tobias Smollett ‘the hospital of the nation’ it imposed beauty and pleasure on suffering distorted bodies and the less afflicted members of the travelling family who could also take the waters preventively. As a matter …
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