The Spectator, Volume I, Part 1 (Dodo Press)

By Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

Book Overview

The Spectator was a daily publication of 1711 €"12, founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England after they met at Charterhouse School. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet and man of letters. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His first major work, a book about the lives of English poets, was published in 1694. In 1712, he wrote his most famous work of fiction, a play entitled Cato, a Tragedy, which was based on the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis. Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) was an Irish writer and politician. His first published work, The Christian Hero (1701), attempted to point out the differences between perceived and actual masculinity. He afterwards became a dramatist, and his comedies, such as The Tender Husband (1703) were met with success.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409945898
• ISBN13: 9781409945895
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Dodo Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"