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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut du Monde Anglophone
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Etudes Epistémè |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/308 |
| Summary: | 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 a number of new “Spectators” in French, among them Le Nouveau Spectateur français (1723-25) by the journalist-critic Justus van Effen. |
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| ISSN: | 1634-0450 |