The Crisis of courtesy : : studies in the conduct-book in Britain, 1600-1900 /

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

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...

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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.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Jacques Carré
  • INTRODUCTION / Jacques Carré
  • THE TRADITION OF DELLA CASA'S GALATEO IN ENGLISH / John R. Woodhouse
  • SOCIAL CHANGE AND GENDER DECORUM: RENAISSANCE COURTESY / Michael Steppat
  • STANDARDIZATION vs. GENRE: CONDUCT-BOOKS AND ENGLISH CHAP-LITERATURE / Gilles Duval
  • HOGARTH'S INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS: SUBVERSIVE LESSONS ON CONDUCT / Peter Wagner
  • THE COURTESY-BOOK AND THE PHRASE-BOOK IN MODERN EUROPE / Niels Haastrup
  • MAXIMS OF CONDUCT INTO LITERATURE: JONATHAN SWIFT AND POLITE CONVERSATION / Dieter A. Berger
  • FIELDING'S ESSAY ON CONVERSATION: A COURTESY GUIDE TO JOSEPH ANDREWS? / Tim McLoughlin
  • LORD CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS AS CONDUCT-BOOKS / Georges Lamoine
  • THE MAN OF TASTE AS SOCIAL MODEL, OR, 'SENSE AND SENSIBILITY' / Rémy G. Saisselin
  • THE GENTLEMAN AS GARDENER: POPE, SHENSTONE, MASON / Michel Baridon
  • COURTLY MANNERS IN A VICTORIAN HOME: PATMORE'S THE ANGEL IN THE HOUSE / Maurice Montabrut
  • THE LADY AND THE POOR MAN; OR, THE PHILANTHROPISTS'S ETIQUETTE / Jacques Carré
  • ETIQUETTE AND MARRIAGE AT THE TURN OF THE XXth CENTURY: ADVICE ON CHOOSING ONE'S PARTNER / Kathleen Dejardin
  • A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CONDUCT-BOOKS PUBLISHED IN BRITAIN (1500-1993) / Alain Montandon and Jacques Carré
  • NOTE ON THE CONTRIBUTORS / Jacques Carré
  • NAME INDEX / Jacques Carré
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / Jacques Carré
  • Plates I-XVII / Jacques Carré.

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