The Tatler 4 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies)

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Description: The appearance of the first issue of The Tatler in 1709 is usually regarded as the beginning of periodical publication in England. Its founder, Richard Steele (1672-1729), intended 'a paper, which should observe upon the manners of the pleasurable, as well as the busy part of mankind ... by way of a letter of intelligence, consisting of such parts as might gratify the curiosity of persons of all conditions, and of each sex'. The 'datelines' of the reports, on news, literature, and plain gossip, were from the most famous coffee houses of early Georgian London, and the contributors included Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison. The m ... (more)

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Release date: 25 December 2014
ISBN-10 : 1108078303 | ISBN-13: 9781108078306

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