The Crisis of courtesy : : studies in the conduct-book in Britain, 1600-1900 / / edited by Jacques Carré.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, volume 51
• TeilnehmendeR: Carré, Jacques,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1994.
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 51.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (223 pages) :; illustrations.

The Crisis of Courtesy examines the apparent decline of the courtesy-book in Britain after the 16th century and suggests that the matter of courtesy was disseminated into a broad range of literary genres such as poetry, the essay and the novel. The authors highlight the pervasive interest in conduct...