Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]
… sharing tales of the members’ respective journeys to Turkey. 14 Contrary to the Dilettanti, the Divan Club admitted women. While the initial members were predominantly male, the multiple portraits commissioned for the society hint at the … Fragments of Medmenham’s cellar-books do hint at ample drinking, 17 and at least some clues indicate the presence of women and sex. Moreover, they seem to have held readings of satirical, occult, and pornographic literature, some of the …
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