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… ‘Frontispice of The Spectator’, The Spectator, 1763 Image R. Parr & Eliza Fowler Haywood , ‘Frontispiece to The Female Spectator’, Houghton Library, 005727193, 1746. Abstract The rise of the leisure press after 1690 caused the … new forms of sociability along gender lines. They projected an ideal of reasonable femininity which largely restricted female sociability to the domestic sphere. This model proved so hegemonic that it became difficult for later female … or The Guardian (1713), bi-weeklies like The Free-Thinker (1718-1721), or yet triweeklies like The Tatler (1709-1711) or The Lover (1714) were not only available in coffeehouses but also through private subscriptions. …
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… The Spectator of Addison and Steele remains one of the models of the genre. 4 The first periodical of this type was The Tatler (April 1709-December 1710), published by Steele with the help of Swift. Published three times a week, its success … written by women (or presented as such) which reinforced the impression of diversity. In The Tatler , for example, the female audience was specifically summoned and mentioned as a public of the periodical. It is therefore appropriate, … à l’heure du thé (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2000). Claire Boulard explains that the printing press contributed to develop female sociability as well as to facilitate women taking their place in the world. Share Partager sur Facebook Partager …
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