The Athenaeum : more than just another London Club / Michael Wheeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheeler, Michael, 1947- author.

Series:

Yale scholarship online.

Yale scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athenæum Club (London, England)--History.

Athenæum Club (London, England).

Great Britain--Intellectual life.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (467 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2021.

Summary:

When it was founded in 1824, the Athenum broke the mold. Unlike in other preeminent clubs, its members were chosen on the basis of their achievements rather than on their background or political affiliation. Public rather than private life dominated the agenda. The club, with its tradition of hospitality to conflicting views, has attracted leading scientists, writers, artists, and intellectuals throughout its history, including Charles Darwin and Matthew Arnold, Edward Burne-Jones and Yehudi Menuhin, Winston Churchill and Gore Vidal. This book is not presented in the traditional, insular style of club histories, but devotes attention to the influence of Athenians on the scientific, creative, and official life of the nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

STYLE, REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

PROLOGUE

1. CROKER’S LONDON

2. ‘A COMMITTEE HAVING BEEN FORMED’

3. ‘THEY HAVE BUILT A PERFECT PALACE’

4. ‘THE MOST EMINENT PERSONS IN THE LAND’

5. ‘A SCORE OF GRAVE GENTLEMEN’

6. LIBERAL HOSPITALITY

7. STRANGERS AND BROTHERS

8. CULTURE WARS

9. A ROOMFUL OF OWLS

10. ‘THE SECRET POWER OF ENGLAND’

11. CULTURAL REVOLUTION

12. PLUS ÇA CHANGE

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2021).

ISBN:

0-300-25633-7

OCLC:

1193575475