Emrys D. Jones is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature and culture at King's College London.Adam James Smith is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at York St. John University in the United Kingdom.Kararina Stenke is a lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at the University of Greenwich in London.

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• Editors’ NoteIntroductionEmrys D. Jones, Adam James Smith, Katarina StenkeSection 1: Polite AgendasChapter 1. Situating Civility: Shaftesbury, Reformist Ridicule, and The Case of the Several TatlersAnthony PollockChapter 2. Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and [Im]politeness after The SpectatorAdam James SmithChapter 3. Polite Impostures: Addison’s Orientalist SpectatorsKatarina StenkeSection 2: Impolite SpacesChapter 4. “A Little Chasm in Conversation”: Politeness and Faction in Political Periodicals of the 1730sEmrys D. JonesChapter 5. Originality, Obligation, and Offense in the British Magazine, 1746–1751Jennifer BattChapter 6. “The Witty Wink, and he! he! he!”: Impolite Poetry in the Eighteenth-Century NewspaperClaire KnowlesSection 3: Impolite DiscoursesChapter 7. Conscience is a Pair of Breeches: Terrae Filius Periodicals, 1707–1763Richard SquibbsChapter 8. “A Time when Banter Ought to Cease”: Roasting, Jesting, and Bantering ReadersJennifer BuckleyChapter 9. “The World is one Undistinguished Wild”: James Boswell and the Hypochondriack SelfLaura DaviesSection 4: Impolite LegaciesChapter 10. The Polished Read and Impolite Waste of The SpectatorAmélie JunquaChapter 11. Addison’s ErrorsCharlotte RobertsAfterwordManushag PowellAcknowledgementsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

Emrys D. Jones is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature and culture at King's College London.Adam James Smith is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at York St. John University in the United Kingdom.Kararina Stenke is a lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at the University of Greenwich in London.

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• Editors’ NoteIntroductionEmrys D. Jones, Adam James Smith, Katarina StenkeSection 1: Polite AgendasChapter 1. Situating Civility: Shaftesbury, Reformist Ridicule, and The Case of the Several TatlersAnthony PollockChapter 2. Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and [Im]politeness after The SpectatorAdam James SmithChapter 3. Polite Impostures: Addison’s Orientalist SpectatorsKatarina StenkeSection 2: Impolite SpacesChapter 4. “A Little Chasm in Conversation”: Politeness and Faction in Political Periodicals of the 1730sEmrys D. JonesChapter 5. Originality, Obligation, and Offense in the British Magazine, 1746–1751Jennifer BattChapter 6. “The Witty Wink, and he! he! he!”: Impolite Poetry in the Eighteenth-Century NewspaperClaire KnowlesSection 3: Impolite DiscoursesChapter 7. Conscience is a Pair of Breeches: Terrae Filius Periodicals, 1707–1763Richard SquibbsChapter 8. “A Time when Banter Ought to Cease”: Roasting, Jesting, and Bantering ReadersJennifer BuckleyChapter 9. “The World is one Undistinguished Wild”: James Boswell and the Hypochondriack SelfLaura DaviesSection 4: Impolite LegaciesChapter 10. The Polished Read and Impolite Waste of The SpectatorAmélie JunquaChapter 11. Addison’s ErrorsCharlotte RobertsAfterwordManushag PowellAcknowledgementsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex

Emrys D. Jones is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature and culture at King's College London.Adam James Smith is a senior lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at York St. John University in the United Kingdom.Kararina Stenke is a lecturer in eighteenth-century literature at the University of Greenwich in London.

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• Editors’ NoteIntroductionEmrys D. Jones, Adam James Smith, Katarina StenkeSection 1: Polite AgendasChapter 1. Situating Civility: Shaftesbury, Reformist Ridicule, and The Case of the Several TatlersAnthony PollockChapter 2. Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and [Im]politeness after The SpectatorAdam James SmithChapter 3. Polite Impostures: Addison’s Orientalist SpectatorsKatarina StenkeSection 2: Impolite SpacesChapter 4. “A Little Chasm in Conversation”: Politeness and Faction in Political Periodicals of the 1730sEmrys D. JonesChapter 5. Originality, Obligation, and Offense in the British Magazine, 1746–1751Jennifer BattChapter 6. “The Witty Wink, and he! he! he!”: Impolite Poetry in the Eighteenth-Century NewspaperClaire KnowlesSection 3: Impolite DiscoursesChapter 7. Conscience is a Pair of Breeches: Terrae Filius Periodicals, 1707–1763Richard SquibbsChapter 8. “A Time when Banter Ought to Cease”: Roasting, Jesting, and Bantering ReadersJennifer BuckleyChapter 9. “The World is one Undistinguished Wild”: James Boswell and the Hypochondriack SelfLaura DaviesSection 4: Impolite LegaciesChapter 10. The Polished Read and Impolite Waste of The SpectatorAmélie JunquaChapter 11. Addison’s ErrorsCharlotte RobertsAfterwordManushag PowellAcknowledgementsBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex