Out For A Drink:Beverages and the Creation of Public
Space in Britain 1707-1830
Allegra Harrison, April 2014
Jurgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
• The first expression of the public sphere occurred in 17th century English coffeehouses
• “Public Sphere” connoted a virtual space outside both the home and the court: the town
• Literary, then political criticism, facilitated by print media
The Habermasian Coffeehouse
• Addison and Steele’s The Spectator
• Button’s Coffee House
The Lion’s Digest
Types of establishments
• Inns, taverns and alehouses
• A continuum? • “Bedford
Coffee-House, Tavern and Hotel”
Portrait of Rylance, 18131763 Pamphlet
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