The English wits : literature and sociability in early modern England /

The English wits : literature and sociability in early modern England /

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In the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries the Inns of Court and fashionable London taverns developed a culture of clubbing, urban sociability and wit. The convivial societies that emerged created rituals to define social identities and to engage in literary play and political discussion....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Callaghan, Michelle (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > London > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > London > History > 17th century.
Authors > Societies, etc. > History > 16th century.
Authors > Societies, etc. > History > 17th century.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 16th century.
London (England) > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Gentleman lawyers at the Inns of Court
  • Ben Jonson, the lawyers and the wits
  • Taverns and table talk
  • Wits in the House of Commons
  • Coryats Crudities (1611) and the sociability of print
  • Traveller for the English wits
  • Afterlives of the wits.

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