The Guardian (1713) Explained
| The Guardian |
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| Founder: | Richard Steele[1] |
| Foundation: | 12 March 1713[2] |
| Ceased Publication: | 1 October 1713[3] |
The Guardian was a short-lived newspaper published in London from 12 March to 1 October 1713.[4]
It was founded by Richard Steele[5] and featured contributions from Joseph Addison, Thomas Tickell, Alexander Pope and Ambrose Philips. Steele and Addison had previously collaborated on the Tatler and The Spectator (after which the present-day Spectator and Tatler are named).
Button's Coffee House in Russell Street, Covent Garden, acted as an ad hoc office for the newspaper.[6] Contributors submitted written material in a marble lion's head letterbox, said to have been designed by the artist William Hogarth, for possible publication in The Guardian.
The Gentleman's Magazine[7] followed on the heels of The Guardian, being touted by Richard Steele as a sequel of it.
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Notes and References
- Book: Sir Richard Steele. Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele. 1897. Ginn. 14–.
- Book: Edward A. Bloom. Lillian D. Bloom. Joseph Addison and Richard Steele: The Critical Heritage. 31 October 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-17180-2. 79–.
- Book: Rebecca Bullard. The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725: Secret History Narratives. 6 October 2015. Routledge. 978-1-317-31414-1. 213–.
- Book: The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, with New Maps and Original American Articles by Eminent Writers . 1895 . Werner . 537–.
- Book: Mary Beth Harris . Gale Researcher Guide for: Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and the Rise of the Periodical Genre . Gale, Cengage Learning . 978-1-5358-5347-7 . 6–.
- Web site: Button's Coffee House: Fashionable Eighteenth-Century Site . Geri . Walton . Geri Walton . 23 July 2014 . 10 October 2021 .
- Book: Marshall . Catalogue of Five Hundred Celebrated Authors of Great Britain, Now Living: The Whole Arranged in Alphabetical Order; and Including a Complete List of Their Publications, with Occasional Strictures, and Anecdotes of Their Lives . 1788 . R. Faulder, J. Sewel, and B. Law . 33–.
