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The Literary Society: 1888 Winthrop University: Rock Hill, South Carolina: Active [118] Lyceum Society: 1847 Wabash College: Crawfordsville, Indiana: Inactive [3] Mathesian Society: 1856 Northwestern Christian University: Indianapolis, Indiana: Inactive [119] Miami Union Literary Society: 1825–1928 Miami University: Oxford, Ohio: Inactive [91 ...
Most literary societies' literary activity consisted of formal debates on topical issues of the day, but literary activity could include original essays, poetry, music, etc. As a part of their literary work, many also collected and maintained their own libraries for the use of the society's members.
A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of writing or a specific author. Modern literary societies typically promote research, publish newsletters, and hold meetings where findings can be presented and discussed.
The Chicago Literary Club is a society founded in 1874 at which members orally deliver essays they have written, and listen to the essays of other members. [1] All members must be skilled in English , though most are not professional writers. [ 2 ]
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A table d'hôte menu from the dinner for Walter Damrosch at the Lotos Club, 1893. The Lotos Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded primarily by a young group of writers and critics in 1870 as a gentlemen's club, it has since begun accepting women as members. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs". [1]
Horace Scudder in his 1888 book Literature in School emphasized this point: They were born on American soil; they have breathed American air; they were nurtured on American ideas. They are Americans of Americans. They are as truly the issue of our national life as are the common schools in which we glory.
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