Scriblerus Club [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… creative sociability that is one of the key aspects of its legacy. Places > Clubs & Societies Practices > Associational culture Mots-clés Academies Friendship Satire The Scriblerus Club was much less a formalized social practice, let alone a … of artistic creativity that derived from a shared sense of humour as well as a shared sense of aspects of society and culture that were worthy of criticism and satire. Its real existence as an actual practice – authors meeting with the … Swift felt that an association of eminent men of letters could be beneficial to the state of language, literature, and culture in general. Alexander Pope, on the other hand, had previous to the establishment of the club developed the idea …
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