Enlightenment · Essays / periodical
The Spectator
by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, centered on manners, taste, public life; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.
- Date
- 1711–1712
- Origin
- England
- Genre
- Essays / periodical
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, centered on manners, taste, public life; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of full-canon expansion: traditional, modern, revised, and genre canons. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.