Politeness and Its Discontents Problems in French Classical Culture |
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| Author:
| France, Peter |
| Contribution by:
| Sheringham, Michael |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in French Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-37070-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $183.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.