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EncyclopediaScriblerus ClubScriblerus Club, English literary group formed about 1713 to satirize “all the false tastes in learning.” Among its chief members were Arbuthnot, Gay, Thomas Parnell, Pope, and Swift. Meetings of the club were discontinued after 1714. The club's major production, “Memoirs of … Martinus Scriblerus,” was published in Pope's prose works in 1741, although it is considered to be primarily the work of Arbuthnot. The influence of the club is seen in Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Pope's Dunciad. See A. Pope et al., Memoirs of the Extraordinary Life, Works and Discoveries of Martinus Scriblerus (ed. by C. Kerby-Miller, 1950; repr. 1966). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Scriblerus Club from Infoplease:
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- John Arbuthnot - Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot, John , 1667–1735, Scottish author and scientist, court physician ...
- Alexander Pope: Life - Life Pope was born in London of Roman Catholic parents and moved to Binfield in 1700. During his ...
- Jonathan Swift: Later Life and Works - Later Life and Works In 1713 Swift joined Pope, Arbuthnot, Gay, and others in forming the ...
- Encyclopedia: English Literature, 1500 to 1799 - Encyclopeadia articles concerning English Literature, 1500 to 1799.
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