Politeness and Its Discontents
| Author | : Peter France |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1992-01-09 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0521370701 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780521370707 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Politeness and Its Discontents by : Peter France
Download or read book Politeness and Its Discontents written by Peter France and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 1992 study of writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, mainly in France, but also in Britain and Russia. Its focus is on the establishing and questioning of rational, 'civilized' norms of 'politeness', which in the ancien régime meant not just polite manners, but a certain ideal of society and culture.
