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| Titre : | "Members of the republick of letters" : Maria Edgeworth, literary sociability, and intellectual pursuits in the Irish midlands, c.1780-1820 (2016) |
| Auteurs : | Amy PRENDERGAST, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Eighteenth-Century Ireland (vol. 31 2016) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 29-46 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : |
Literary sociability flourished in eighteenth-century Ireland and encompassed reading parties, private theatricals, book clubs, coteries, and literary salons. Such gatherings and related intellectual pursuits were not confined to the capital. Correspondence between country houses reveal figures interested in scholarly endeavours and cultural exchange, as well as other aspects of elite sociability. These letters enable us to appreciate the different elements of literary associational life and allow us a new perspective on Maria Edgeworth’s own literary criticism and her participation in associational life.
This article demonstrates that both the development of women’s intellectual activity and Ireland’s participation in Enlightenment forms of associational life could take place beyond Dublin. |
| Pays de publication : | Irlande |
| Lieu de publication : | Dublin |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
