The Scriblerus Club

Literary/ Cultural Context Essay

Emrys Daniel Blakelee Jones (University of Greenwich)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

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Movements, styles and periods (literature)
Organisations and institutions (arts& culture)

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Date of occurrence 1714-01-1714-04

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England (Location)

The Scriblerus Club was a group of artistically and politically like-minded friends, its foremost members being the authors Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, John Gay, John Arbuthnot and Thomas Parnell. Its heyday occurred from January to April 1714, during which time its members met on a weekly basis in London. Their predominantly Tory sympathies united them during the final months of Queen Anne’s reign, and Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford – at that time First Lord of the Treasury – was apparently another regular guest at their meetings.

With the accession of George I to the British throne (August 1^st, 1714) and the return of Swift and Parnell to Ireland (in late August and late October respectively), the club …

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Citation: Jones, Emrys Daniel Blakelee. "The Scriblerus Club". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 August 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=17651, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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