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The literary clubs and societies of eighteenth century Scotland, and their influence on the literary productions of the period from 1700 to 1800

The importance of clubs and societies in the social, economic, political, and literary history of the eighteenth century. has been, pointed out by nearly every observer and every student of the period. It is rarely, in fact, that one finds such unanimity of, opinion among authors. Alexander Carlyles Henry Cockburn Thomas Somerville, Henry Buckles, John Gibson Lockhart, Sir Henry, Craik, Henry Gray Graham, and Harold W. Thompson, to name only a few, have all-made particular mention of the role played by the organizations which form the subject of this thesis.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:492535
Date January 1951
CreatorsMcElroy, Davis Dunbar
PublisherUniversity of Edinburgh
Source SetsEthos UK
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Sourcehttp://hdl.handle.net/1842/17393

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