Book contents
- The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Accidental Readings and Diurnal Historiographies
- Chapter 2 Making Collections
- Chapter 3 The Natural History of Sociability
- Chapter 4 Sarah Sophia Banks’s ‘Magic Encyclopedia’
- Chapter 5 ‘Announcing Each Day the Performances’
- Chapter 6 Transacting Hospitality
- Chapter 7 England in 1814
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Chapter 4 - Sarah Sophia Banks’s ‘Magic Encyclopedia’
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2020
- The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
- The Ephemeral Eighteenth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Accidental Readings and Diurnal Historiographies
- Chapter 2 Making Collections
- Chapter 3 The Natural History of Sociability
- Chapter 4 Sarah Sophia Banks’s ‘Magic Encyclopedia’
- Chapter 5 ‘Announcing Each Day the Performances’
- Chapter 6 Transacting Hospitality
- Chapter 7 England in 1814
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Romanticism
Summary
Chapter 4 explores the methodologies and significance of Sarah Sophia Banks’s collections, firstly in relation to her brother’s sociability, and secondly as an archive of fashionable sociability and public culture after 1760, with particular reference to her interest in ballooning from the 1780s.
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- The Ephemeral Eighteenth CenturyPrint, Sociability, and the Cultures of Collecting, pp. 126 - 152Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020