Van Effen, Spectators, and The Republic of Letters in 1723

After a little more than a decade of existence in English and in French, “Spectators” experienced a reevaluation from critics of Marivaux’s Spectateur français.  The rather heated discussion that ensued produced a rational, critical method for journalists to consider works of literature and inspired...

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Main Author: James L Schorr
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Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2014-12-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/episteme/308
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