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Republic of letters

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The collective body of literary or learned men.

See also: Republic



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From this simple figure of speech Shelford creates what she terms an umbrella concept, "The Empire of Women," to be set against the Republic of Letters.
Transforming the Republic of Letters: Pierre-Daniel Huet and European ... by Fantazzi, Charles / Renaissance Quarterly
Al Gore, like Neil Postman, contends that the republic of letters (print media) has been invaded and occupied by the republic of television and the result has been a dumbing down of the news we get and a dumbing down of discourse in general.
Al Gore. The Assault on Reason. New York: Penguin, 2007 by Levinson, Martin H. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
Not so for the British monarch, who can remain decidedly irrelevant to the republic of letters.
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