1st Edition

Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture, vol 1

By Markman Ellis Copyright 2006
    476 Pages
    by Routledge

    474 Pages
    by Routledge

    Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature, science, and medicine.

    Introduction A Character of Coffee and Coffee-Houses (1661) The Coffee Scuffle (1662) The Tryall of the Coffee-Man (1662/3) Coffee in its Colours (1663) The Character of a Coffee-House (1665) News from the Coff e-House (1667) A Broad-side against Coffee; Or, the Marriage of the Turk (1672) The Character of a Coffee-House, with the Symptomes of a Town-Wit (1673) Coffee-houses Vindicated in answer to the late published Character of a Coffee-House (1673) The Grand Concern of England Explained (1673) The Women’s Petition Against Coffee (1674) The Mens Answer to the Womens Petition Against Coffee (1674) A Brief Description of the Excellent Vertues of that Sober and Wholesome Drink, called Coffee (1674) Coffee-house jests (1677) A Bridle for the Tongue: Or, A Curb to Evil discourse (1678) 1A Satyr Against Coffee ([1679]) A dialogue between Tom and Dick, over a dish of coffee, concerning matters of religion and government (1680) At Amsterdamnable-Coffee-House On the 5th of November next, will be Exposed to publick Sale these Goods following ([1682]) Rebellions antidote: or A Dialogue between coffee and tea (1685) The School of Politicks: or, Th e Humours of a Coffee-House. A Poem (1690) The Art of Getting Money by Double-Facd Wagers (1691) The City Cheat discovered: or, A New Coffee-house Song (1691) The complaint of all the she-traders … against the city cheats, or the new coffee-houses ([1682–93]) ‘Letter from a French gentleman in London to his friend in Paris …Containing an Account of Will’s Coffeehouse, and of the Toasting and Kit-Kat-Clubs’ (1701) The Humours of a Coffee-House: a Comedy (1707) ‘Fable XXIX: Th e Coff ee-House: Or, A Man’s Credit, is his Cash’ (1708) Vulgus Britannicus: or, the British Hudibras (1710), A Journey Th rough England. In Familiar Letters. From a Gentleman Here, to his Friend Abroad (1714); ‘Coffee-House Humours Exposed’ (1717)

    Biography

    Ellis, Markman