Question

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele are best known for which of these?

a.)serious essays expressing their political thoughts and beliefs

b.)witty essays that helped to establish literary tastes and moral values in eighteenth-century middle-class London.

c)persuasive speeches concerning England's tyranny and the oppression of colonists.

d. thoughtful essays describing the wonders of nature and the beauty of outdoor life

Answer 1

b.)

Both Joseph Addison and Richard Steele were very influential essayists in 18th century England who collaborated on a paper/magazine 'The Spectator' in 1711. The primary readership of the paper was from the middle class.

Step-by-step explanation:

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele are one of the earliest pioneers of serialized papers and started publishing at the beginning of the 18th century. they collaborated on 'The Spectator' which was aimed to, in Joseph's words "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality".

the paper was a raging success among the middle class of England who were becoming prosperous and had increasingly began to have leisure time.