Richard Steele [ Art and Literature / Politics ]
… figures of early eighteenth-century sociability and politeness. Perhaps best known for his contributions to periodical literature, Steele achieved fame for the style and content of his writing, which had a long legacy during the … was to offer cultural comment (including theatre criticism, poetry and ‘gallantry’, mixed with moral guidance) in a periodical essay format, with some politics and news, lightened with humour. He was nevertheless also a highly partisan … circumscribed view of who constituted the ‘people’. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Mots-clés Morality Periodicals Politeness Print culture Politics Slavery Theatre Wit Women This article will not repeat data easily …
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