Joseph Addison & Richard Steel

Together they began and ran the periodical The Spectator and its predecessor, The Tatler. The Spectator was published between March of 1711 and December of 1712, and was a pioneering innovation of its times. Each issue consisted of one long essay. The Spectator was one of the first literary endeavors to make a deliberate effort to appeal to a female readership.

Addison and Steele might appear on the exam, but you will not need to be able to identify a passage of theirs. They are notable mostly for their historical significance.