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- Title
The Athenaeum and the Intellectual Culture of Liverpool 1790-1800.
- Authors
Brazendale, David
- Abstract
The Athenaeum, which flourishes today, was founded in 1797 to satisfy the needs and aspirations of a newly emergent, wealthy, mercantile elite, infamous for lack of refinement, which grew up in Liverpool during the Eighteenth Century. The Institution's aims were to provide information - through the provision of newspapers and pamphlets and other materials. It also made available to its Subscribers a reference library for the acquisition of culture and learning, while at the same time the Institution provided a social and recreational opportunity for its members. This paper draws extensively on the catalogue of the library, printed in 1803, and on the first Minute Book of the Athenaeum, which covers the period from 1797 until 1809.
- Subjects
LIVERPOOL (England); CULTURAL property; ELITE (Social sciences)
- Publication
Questione Romantica, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 1/2, p93
- ISSN
1125-0364
- Publication type
Article