A Cosmography of Man : : Character Sketches in "The Tatler" and "The Spectator" /

A Cosmography of Man : : Character Sketches in "The Tatler" and "The Spectator" / / Theresa Schön.

Designed to reform contemporary British society, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele’s The Tatler (1709-1711) and The Spectator (1711-1712, 1714) rely heavily on the representation of contemporary manners. In shaping such behavioural images, the authors made use of the satirical character sketch. Thei...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
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Schön, Theresa,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Hallesche Beiträge zur Europäischen Aufklärung : Schriftenreihe des Interdisziplinären Zentrums für die Erforschung der europäischen Aufklärung der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg , 61
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Character and Knowledge in Early Eighteenth-Century English Periodicals
  • Chapter Two. Epistemic Categories
  • Chapter Three. The Tatler: The ‘Individual’ Gaze
  • Chapter Four. The Spectator: A Community of Modern Observers
  • Chapter Five. Ordering Characterological Knowledge in The Tatler and The Spectator
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Works Cited
  • Table of Figures

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