Tatler
Tatler was a literary magazine in England , which is considered the forerunner of the weekly magazine. A modern version of the Tatler has existed as a general- interest magazine since 1901 .
18th century
The original Tatler appeared from April 12, 1709 to January 2, 1711, directed by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele . Two pages came out three times a week. The target group was the spiritually interested urban bourgeoisie who met in the coffee houses of London .
The English verb to tattle means something like to chat , gossip ; the tattler is a Klatschmaul , talkers .
The main subject of the magazine, in keeping with the genre of moral weekly papers, was always an essay discussing manners, customs and intellectual problems . There were also different columns in which topics were dealt with at various coffee houses. The paper also enjoyed a high reputation among women. The Spectator from the same publishers is considered to be the successor .
As a result, there were other short-lived magazines with the name Tatler , such as. Female Tatler (1709-1710), The London Tatler , Northern Tatler (1717), The Tatler Reviv'd (1727-1728 and 1750) or The Tatler: A Daily Journal of Literature and the Stage (1830-1832)
20th century
Since 1901 there has been the "compulsory magazine of the European high nobility " (source?) Tatler , which appears initially weekly and from 1977 monthly . It is a general-interest magazine about social news, art, fashion and travel, which has been owned by Condé Nast Verlag since 1982 . B. also publishes Vogue . Since 2008 there is also a Russian Tatler edition.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ LEO: to tattle , leo.org, accessed: 11 June 2011
- ↑ LEO: tattler , leo.org , accessed: June 11, 2011
