 In granting authors a public forum in which to communicate, periodicals such as the "Analytical" helped to define authorship—they encouraged the professionalization of writing and granted prestige to writers and journalists.Unusual for its time, the "Analytical Review" brought current foreign-language publications, particularly those with a scientific, philosophical, or aesthetic bent, to its readers' attention.For example, it approvingly reviewed Friedrich Schiller's "Fiesco" (published by Johnson) and argued that more of the author's works should be translated.