The literary events of a women's Club: the Lyceum Club of Florence

Abstract

The International Lyceum Club is a women’s cultural club active in Florence since 1908, where women meet to enrich and enhance their culture and to follow the many events of artistic, literary, musical and scientific interest organized by the Club. This study traces, in particular, some of the major events organized by the Literature section between the years 1912 to 1970. The Literature Section presented to Club members the works and thoughts of writers and poets, novels, poetry collections, children’s books, and staged plays on the Club stage. Evidence of each event is preserved in the archival papers kept in the Lyceum Club’s headquarters.

Keywords

• Cultural club
• Women's writing
• Literature
• Literary events.