Periodicals [ Print culture ]
… the first volume of the collected edition of Addison and Steele’s The Spectator’, Wikimedia Commons, circa 1788. Résumé Periodicals or periodical publications play a major role in sociability. By their form, their numerous themes and articles, they act as sources for discussion and exchanges in different sociable places (coffee-houses, clubs, Salons). Because periodicals host very different voices and opinions, and tackle different sorts of subjects, they shape specific sociable …
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