Between classical rhetoric and the emergent novel, the great literary form of the 18th century was the Essay. This anthology includes the consummate periodical essays of the period. From the Spectator cofounded by Addison and Steele, Samuel Johnson, Thomas De Quincey, Eliza Haywood, Henry Fielding, William Cowper, Goldsmith, Boswell, Lamb, Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt. With a helpful chronology and glossary, not to mention great footnotes, this is the best book you can have to get a feel for the Tatlers, Idlers, and Spectators of the day. 2008: Yale University Press. Hb, NO DJ. List price $50. NEW. $25.00