Joseph Addison was an 18th century English essayist and satirist who is best known for his modern essays published in The Tatler and The Spectator magazines. He co-founded The Spectator with his friend Richard Steele and also contributed to The Tatler. Addison is considered to have played a large role in developing the modern essay and his works from The Tatler and The Spectator helped establish a new style of English prose in the 18th century and are seen as preparing the way for the modern novel.

1. Group Task
Given by : Prof. Vaidehi Hariyani,
Prepared by : Rohit Vyas, Ghanshaym
Goswami (Group 2)
Sem 1 Students of
Dept of English
MK Bhavnagar University

2. Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an
English essayist and satirist.
Addison occupies the large space in the
history of literature.
He was known for his modern essays
from The Tatler and The Spectator.
18th century was the beginning of writing
a new style of prose.

3. Facts
 These two essays were considered as the preparation
of a modern novel.
 Richard Steele was his friend and with him Addison
founded the magazine The Spectator.
 He published many dailies like The Guardian and The
Freeholder.
 Addison also contributed in The Tatler which was
started by his friend Steele.

4. All Major & Minor Works
Essays collected from The Tatler and The
Spectator
Letters to a Young Lady
Dissection of a Beau’s Head
Dissection of a Coquette’s Heart
Cato (1713) Tragedy.
The Drummer (1716) Comic Play.

5. Awards and recognitions
 There is no information found about awards but…
 We certainly find some good letters and writings
about Addison.
 Lord Macaulay has written good admiration about
Addison
 Addison also received good criticism about his essays
from Samuel Johnson.
Source: Wikipedia, History of English
Literature

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