Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… here and again frequently commented on the stage which he saw as ‘the Seat of Wit’. 7 The periodical also made use of letters from readers (in one case, Steele used his own love letters to his wife), 8 and therefore contributed significantly to the fashion for epistolary narratives as a vehicle for …
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