Mary, Countess Cowper,. “Introduction”. Diary, edited by Charles Spencer Cowper, John Murray, 1864, p. v - xvi.
vii-viii
Kit-Cat Club
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | William Congreve | As a young man Congreve formed a friendship with the older and distinguished Dryden
. He later belonged to the Whig Kit-Cat Club
, and counted most of its members among his friends, while remaining... |
| Leisure and Society | Mary, Countess Cowper | Before her marriage she was enrolled among their toasts by the fashionable Kit-Kat Club
. Her social life seems to have been lively, but she insisted that she never played the harpsichord to public audiences. Mary, Countess Cowper,. Diary. Cowper, Charles SpencerEditor , John Murray, 1864. 35 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Astell | This anarchically witty satire on the Whigs (especially the upper-class rakes of the Kit-Cat Club
) is designed to catch the spirit of an annual London fair notorious for boisterous sports and entertainments. It was... |
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