Concetti Chiave
- The rise of journalism in the 18th century played a crucial role in the development of the novel, making literature more accessible to the middle classes.
- Circulating libraries began to emerge, allowing books to reach a wider audience, including servants who could access their lords' libraries.
- Periodicals like "The Tatler" and "The Spectator" by Addison and Steele offered commentary on society and politics, using clear, simple, and often ironic language.
- The articles in these periodicals provided didactic opinions, offering readers a vision of correct behavior and social norms.
- Keeping a journal or diary was seen as significant for the development of the novel, highlighting personal reflection and narrative structure.
The Rise of Journalism
Journalism contributed at the rise of the novel. The eighteen century give some importance at the middle classes. This type of class gave to a new literary form, the journalism. In this period literature was only for aristocratic people because books weren't for everybody. Also condition of life was difficult, infact there weren't schools and light and read was impossible. We have the Reading Classes. People of middle classes started to have books.
Circulating Libraries and Access
So, in this period started to circulating libraryes which moved around the towns and people could take the books. Also servants had access to the libraryes of their lords. In this way we have an extension of reading public. Joseph Addison and Richerd Steele started to published periodicals: "The Tatler" and "The Spectator". "The Spectator" was an imaginary club in which the authors commented society and politic. Articles were ironic and in these there were informations and opinions of all the members og the club. Language was clear, simple, realistic and ironic. Opinions were didactic infact gave a vision of the correct behaviour.
The Importance of the Diary
The idea of keep a journal or a diary was very important for the developement of the novel.
Domande da interrogazione
- How did journalism contribute to the rise of the novel in the eighteenth century?
- What role did circulating libraries play in expanding access to literature during the eighteenth century?
- How did periodicals like "The Spectator" influence society and literature in the eighteenth century?
Journalism played a crucial role in the rise of the novel by making literature more accessible to the middle classes, who began to engage with books through circulating libraries and periodicals like "The Tatler" and "The Spectator," which offered clear, simple, and ironic commentary on society and politics.
Circulating libraries were instrumental in expanding access to literature by moving around towns and allowing people, including servants, to borrow books, thereby extending the reading public beyond the aristocracy.
Periodicals like "The Spectator" influenced society and literature by providing ironic and didactic commentary on society and politics, using clear and realistic language to offer opinions and a vision of correct behavior, thus shaping public discourse and literary forms.
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