Monday, January 26, 2009

Joseph Addison  Neoclassical
Richard Steele 

Info
- transformed journalism into serious literature <==both men
Works
- The Tatler
- exagerration
- deplores decline of drama from intellectual satire to mere physical spectacle and the degeneration of coffeehouse conversation from literary discussion to gamblers' arguments
-predicts death of popular astrologer

- The Spectator
- pleasantly announced author's intent to satirize evil wherever it is found

Citation
Horton, Ronald A. British Literature for Christian Schools. Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1992.

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