János Barcsák, Márta Pellérdi

English literature 1660-1900

Periodicals: The Spectator

At the beginning of the eighteenth century another branch of writing was also developing and winning readers in London. A variety of newspapers and periodicals were gradually becoming more influential and popular among especially the affluent middle-class. Hungry for information, yet busy and active in their craft and trade, they had less time to spare for reading or instruction. Partly owing to the Puritan heritage of a large part of the middle-class population, they were suspicious of the entertainment literary texts had to offer. Also, they were more interested in the actualities of everyday life than in poetry or fiction. Most of the information they needed could be picked up by either buying or subscribing to periodicals or by frequenting one of the several hundred coffee-houses of London. There they could find and read the papers they preferred. Defoe’s Review, Ned Ward’s The London Spy are examples of noteworthy periodicals of the period. There was, however, a periodical that exercised a major literary influence throughout the eighteenth century on readers, including men of letters, Addison’s and Steele’s The Spectator.

Tartalomjegyzék

Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2018

ISBN: 978 963 454 261 2

Irodalom PPKE BTK jegyzetek

A history of the English literature is presented here, with a scope on the years 1660 to 1900. The book is written in three main parts; beginning with the Restoration Period of the 17th century, followed by the first, and second halves of the 18th century. Thus, a sequential development of literary genres is presented, with explorations of the key figures and texts which drove these. The book also synthesises the historical, cultural and sociological background which gave rise to this literature, and allows the reader to effectively contextualise these.

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