Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… Lane . He was also interested in community: of nation; of Protestants (including dissenters); of party; and of polite society. Steele made a significant contribution to the genre of the polite periodical that became key to sociable … sought to moderate heightened Tory fervour). Intrinsic to the new paper was the emulation of club sociability – ‘our Society’ 6 - through characters such as Sir Roger de Coverley (for Tory comments) and Sir Andrew Freeport (for Whig … helping to create public opinion. 18 Even so, Mr Spectator was, as his name suggests, also a semi-detached observer of society – at once both an advocate of engaging in polite sociability and a spectator of it. 16 . Spectator 148, 20 Aug. …
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