Street sociability [ Cities ]
… extension, the new built streets of Britain’s other major cities, provide the backdrop for a modern comedy of manners in which ever more complex social codes are negotiated (or not). 8 This strand of literature would eventually … more regular, better paved, and better lit. 10 From the 1690s movements including the Societies for the Reformation of Manners sought to police street behaviour – including swearing and prostitution. 11 ‘Highway robbery’ also emerged as a … (eds), English Masculinities, 1660-1800 (London: Longman, 1999), p. 111-131. When Erasmus Jones published his Man of Manners: Or Plebeian Polished in 1737, for the ‘benefit of persons of mean birth and education’, his first order of …
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