Joseph Addison and Richard Steele - The Critical Heritage

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author's reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer's published works, a selected bibliography, and an index of works, authors and subjects. The Collected Critical Heritage set will be available as a set of 68 volumes and the series will also be available in mini sets selected by period (in slipcase boxes) and as individual volumes.

List of contents

Chapter 1 I Steele the Man; Chapter 2 Steele the Pamphleteer; Chapter 3 Steele the Dramatist; Chapter 4 The ‘Tatler’ 1709–11; Chapter 5 The’ Spectator’ 1711–12, 1714; Chapter 6 Addison the Dramatist; Chapter 7 Addison the Man and Writer;

About the author

Edward A. Bloom, Lillian D. Bloom

Summary

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Edward A. Bloom Bloom
• Assisted by: Edward A Bloom (Editor), Edward A. Bloom (Editor), Lillian D Bloom (Editor), Lillian D. Bloom (Editor), Bloom Edward A. (Editor), Bloom Lillian D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415869607
• ISBN: 978-0-415-86960-7
• No. of pages: 492
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, REFERENCE / General, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800