The Tatler

Name: The Tatler
Author: Richard Steele

by Richard Steele

Periodical essays on society, gossip, and culture in early eighteenth-century London

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Richard Steele

Irish essayist, playwright, and politician who co-founded The Tatler and The Spectator with Addison. His sentimental, reforming essays helped shape the character of the 18th-century middle class. The Conscious Lovers is his most important play, advocating sentimental comedy as a vehicle for moral reform.

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The SpectatorSeries of essays on manners, morality, and contemporary life in periodical form
The Conscious LoversSentimental comedy about two couples and the virtues of emotional honesty
The Tender HusbandSentimental comedy involving romantic confusion and the reunion of separated lovers
The FuneralEarly sentimental comedy dealing with mourning, inheritance, and reformed rakes