Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… life was his long-standing friendship with Joseph Addison, with whom he collaborated on the celebrated periodicals The Tatler (1709-10, with Steele as the major partner), The Spectator (1711-12) and The Guardian (1713). He and Addison were … century because of the number of times his papers were reprinted. He wrote or contributed to eleven periodicals . The Tatler , which was very much Steele’s inspiration, took on the persona of Isaac Bickerstaffe, the creation of Jonathan … But those of Religion Are sufficient to make a Great Man, seventh edition (London: Jacob Tonson, 1722), p. 59. 5 . Tatler 5, 21 April 1709. When the paper was forced to close because it had become too identified with the Whigs (and may …
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