Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… Richard Steele was one of the most important and controversial figures of early eighteenth-century sociability and politeness. Perhaps best known for his contributions to periodical literature, Steele achieved fame for the style and … view of who constituted the ‘people’. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Keywords Morality Periodicals Politeness Print culture Politics Slavery Theatre Wit Women This article will not repeat data easily accessible elsewhere … relations between the sexes than about the West Indian slave system. 20 Although in some ways a leader of the field in politeness, he nevertheless shared many of the limiting assumptions of his contemporaries about who it was important to …
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