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英国文 学 English Literature 主讲教师：谭念 Chapter 16 The Eighteenth-Century Prose Joseph Addison (1672-1719) Richard Steele (1672-1729) I. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) and Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729) 1. Their careers run parallel courses Both attend the same school and university Both enjoy the patronage of the Great Whigs Both serve government and get official positions Both are political writers and newspaper editors 2. Joint works The Tatler The Spectator 3. Purpose and significance in editing newspapers To overcome a certain corrupt tendency in literature; to strip off the mask of vice; to show