Bath (and the reinvention of spa sociability) [ Cities / Politics & Society ]
… asserted that ‘the pleasures of the fancy [were] more conducive to health than those of the understanding.’ 3 In their periodical, read by both men and women in places belonging to the public sphere and in those that were part of the … 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, or the bar tender. 5 . See Annick Cossic, Bath au …
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