Joseph Addison

Selections From The Spectator

Embracing The Most Interesting Papers By Addison, Steel, And Others; Volume 2

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9781021532022
• ISBN-10: 1021532029
• Artikelnr.: 68841510

Autorenporträt

Addison was born in Milston, Wiltshire, but shortly after his birth, his father, Lancelot Addison, was appointed Dean of Lichfield, and the family relocated to the cathedral grounds. His father was an erudite English clergyman. Joseph was educated at Charterhouse School in London, where he met Richard Steele, and at The Queen's College, Oxford. He excelled in classics, particularly in Neo-Latin verse, and was appointed a fellow of Magdalen College. In 1693, he wrote a poem for John Dryden, and his first major work, a book about the lives of English poets, was published in 1694. His translation of Virgil's Georgics was released the following year. The Spectator was a daily periodical in England published by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele that ran from 1711-1712. Each ""paper"" or ""number"" was around 2,500 words long, with the first run consisting of 555 numbers commencing on March 1, 1711. These were gathered in seven volumes. The periodical was relaunched without Steele's involvement in 1714, appearing three times a week for six months, and these papers were compiled into the eighth book. The publication also included contributions by Addison's cousin, Eustace Budgell, and poet John Hughes.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1. Mr Spectator
2. Stage realism
3. The aim of The Spectator
4. Nicolini and the lions
5. Malicious wit
6. Valetudinarians
7. Meditations in the abbey
8. The scope of satire
9. A lady's library
10. Stage murder
11. French fopperies
12. On friendship
13. The ballad of Chevy Chase (I)
14. The ballad of Chevy Chase (II)
15. Appearances deceptive
16. Ladies' head-dresses
17. Fans
18. Pedants
19. Sir Roger's country-house
20. Will Wimble
21. Sir Roger in church
22. The value of exercise
23. Sir Roger and witchcraft
24. Sir Roger on the bench
25. Periodical essays
26. Sir Roger and the gypsies
27. Town and country
28. The genius of the English language
29. The vision of Mirzah
30. Inconstancy
31. A grinning match
32. On charity
33. Wit and wisdom
34. The trunk-maker
35. Female orators
36. On ridicule
37. The cries of London
38. The philosophy of hoods
39. Sir Roger comes to town
40. Milton (I)
41. Milton (II)
42. Sir Roger visits the abbey
43. Sir Roger at the play
44. On cheerfulness
45. Coffee-house politicians
46. On fine taste
47. Wealth and poverty
48. Qualifications for office
49. Gardens
50. Coffee-house opinion
51. Uncharitable judgment
52. On giving advice
53. The death of Sir Roger
54. Project of a new club
55. On egotism
56. On contentment
57. False criticism
Appendix
Notes.