Frances Burney, Mme d’Arblay (1752-1840) [ Art and Literature ]
… of London. In spite of all her social errors, however, Evelina is never at a loss when it comes to distinguish true politeness from mere showy insensibility, or so her author insists. Frances’s own anxieties are nevertheless visible both … Hemlow) or ‘novels of manners’ (Patricia Meyer Spacks) to indicate their concern with etiquette and the language of politeness. 9 The genre emerged during the mid-eighteenth century and is often associated with an effort of social … and position in the world. Dr Burney preferred to be caricatured rather than relax his most pointed, almost deferential politeness, while Frances, as part of the second generation to be considered part of the emerging middle classes, had a …
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