This Presentation is about Joseph Addison.

1. JOSEPH ADDISON
K H U S H I R A T H O D
P A L L A V I P A R M A R

2. J O S E P H A D D I S O N
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• Josheph Addison was born on 1st
May,1672, Milston United Kingdom.
• He was an English essayist, poet,
playwright and politician.

3. LIFE :
• He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison.
• He was educated at charter house school London.
• His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long
standing friend Richard steel, with whom he founded the
spectator magazine.
• 1708 and 1709 Addison was member of parliament for
borough of lostwithiel.
• 18th entury was the beginning a new style of prose.

4. • Tbe Guardian was a short-lived newspaper published in
London in 1713.
• It was founded by Richard Steele and featured
contributions from josheph Addison and many other
scholars.
• The Kit-Cat club was an early 18th century in London
with strong political and Litarary association where
member of the club where commited Whigs.
• He died on 17 June 1719 Kensington, Middlesex,
England.

5. TIMELINE :

6. WORKS:
• A Letter from Italy (1704)
• The Guardian (1714)
• The Campaign (1705)
• The Free Holder : a political paper (1716)
• Cato
• The Drummer , (1716)
• Essay collected from The Tatler (1709) and The
Spectator (1711)

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8. CATO - A TRAGEDY
• Cato, a Tragedy is a play written by Joseph Addison in 1712 and
first performed on 14 April 1713.
• It is based on the events of the last days of Marcus Porcius Cato
Uticensis (better known as Cato the Younger)
• This tragedy Set in the Roman Republic during the reign of Julius
Caesar, the play centers on the final days of the Stoic Marcus
Porcius Cato Uticensis, a man of virtue who fiercely opposed Caesar.
• The play focuses on themes such as the importance of virtue and
the battle between liberty and tyranny, and takes place in Utica,
Tunisia, in the kingdom of Numidia, where Cato and other members
of the Roman senate have fled.

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