Politeness [ Taste & Manners / Education ]
… class aspiration, print culture and consumption patterns. Concepts > Taste & Manners Practices > Education Mots-clés Civility Conversation Consumption Periodicals Politeness was a key word in eighteenth-century Britain, and its meanings … frequently in English texts in the later decades of the seventeenth century. Prior to that, words such as ‘courtesy’ or ‘civility’ conveyed ideals of sociability. The rise of the term ‘politeness’ was founded on translations of the French … no. 433 (17 July 1712) by Joseph Addison. Bernard Mandeville, The Fable of the Bees (1714), lines 197-304 . … Civility … Conversation … Consumption … Periodicals … Politeness …
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