Impolite Periodicals - Reading for Rudeness in the Eighteenth Century

Impolite Periodicals brings together a range of perspectives on eighteenth-century periodical publication, not simply to argue that periodicals, such as Addison and Steele's popular TheSpectator, could be impolite, but to explore how readings of their potential impoliteness might affect our understanding of their literary and social significance.

About the author

EMRYS D. JONES is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature and culture at King's College London.

ADAM JAMES SMITH is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at York St. John University in the United Kingdom.

KATARINA STENKE is a lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at the University of Greenwich in London.

Product details

• Assisted by: Emrys D Jones (Editor), Adam James Smith (Editor), Katarina Stenke (Editor)
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9781684485772
• ISBN: 978-1-68448-577-2
• No. of pages: 214
• Weight: 454 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies