The Tatler

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The Tatler is an early 18th-century British periodical, co-founded by Richard Steele and significantly shaped by Joseph Addison, that blended news, essays, and social commentary and helped define the modern essay form.

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instanceOf essay periodical
newspaper
periodical
aimedAt polite society
urban readers
associatedWith Augustan literature
Whig politics
coFoundedBy Joseph Addison NERFINISHED
Richard Steele NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
editor Joseph Addison NERFINISHED
Richard Steele NERFINISHED
finalPublicationDate 1711-01-02
firstPublicationDate 1709-04-12
foundedBy Richard Steele NERFINISHED
genre essay
news
social commentary
hasContributor Joseph Addison NERFINISHED
Richard Steele NERFINISHED
hasFormat letters
short essays
hasLegacy model for later essay periodicals
hasTheme civility
morality
social satire
helpedDefine modern essay form
historicalPeriod early 18th century
influenced The Spectator NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement Neoclassicism NERFINISHED
mediaType printed periodical
notableFor blend of news and moral essays
development of periodical essay
numberOfIssues 271
originalMedium print
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationFrequency tri-weekly
publicationPeriod 1709–1711
publisher various London printers
subjectMatter London society
literature
manners
politics
targetAudience educated middle and upper classes
usedPseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff NERFINISHED

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Joseph Addison notableWork The Tatler
Joseph Addison coFounderOf The Tatler
Richard Steele coFounded The Tatler
Richard Steele notableWork The Tatler