Examiner

Japanese: 《Examiner》(英語表記)Examiner
Examiner


[Development of critical and literary magazines]
By targeting intellectuals as readers, the Western magazine world from the 18th to the 19th century entered a golden age of criticism and literature. In England, magazines such as D. Defoe's Review (1704-13), J. Swift's Examiner (1710-12), in which he wrote editorials for half a year, and J. Addison and R. Steele's Spectator (1711-12) continued to provide incisive analysis of political, diplomatic, and cultural issues. The government tried to suppress critical speech through measures such as the Stamp Duty of 1712, but journalism's momentum did not decline.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


[評論雑誌と文芸雑誌の展開]
 知識人を読者とすることによって18世紀から19世紀にかけての欧米の雑誌界は評論と文芸の全盛時代を迎える。イギリスではD.デフォーの《レビュー》(1704‐13),J.スウィフトが半年間論説を担当した《エグザミナーExaminer》(1710‐12),J.アディソンとR.スティールの活躍した《スペクテーター》(1711‐12)などが,政治・外交・文化の諸問題について鋭い考察を続けた。政府は1712年の印紙税などによって批判的な言論をおさえようとしたが,ジャーナリズムの勢いは衰えなかった。…

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