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Women's travel writing [ Reading & Writing / Mobility ]

… – sociable practices, culture, values – was a key topic for understanding the Continental other (its character, manners and mores) but also a rhetorical mode of writing one’s self in relation to the other. Furthermore, sociability … epistolary style devoid of English prejudices that could offer ‘a more true and accurate account of the customs and manners of the several nations, with whom this lady conversed’. 1  Sociability is thus perceived not simply as a topic of interest (‘customs and manners’) but also as a means (‘conversation’) of acquiring a more unbiased knowledge of the countries women visited. …

Scottish clans [ Social interaction / Association ]

… Résumé This entry examines the social structures, manners and sociability of the Scottish clans during the long eighteenth century. It discusses the debates on their place … in the Lowlands. They had a feudal system established during the Norman invasions. Their social structures and manners were similar to the ones in English towns. Few clans were Catholic and most were Episcopalian, but the … 1 William F. Skene, The Highlanders of Scotland, Their Origin, History, and Antiquities, with a Sketch of Their Manners and Customs (Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1837). 2 Unknown, ‘Memorial Concerning the State of the Highlands and …

Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]

… eighteenth century, a huge wave of exotic mania led to various social interactions characterised by the refinement of manners and the love of luxury. The term ‘exotic’ was associated with unfamiliar flora and fauna as well as with rare … attracted the interest of collectors resulting in the exotic modes of chinoiserie and turquerie . Concepts > Taste & Manners Mots-clés Exotic manias Exotic flora and fauna Menagerie Chinoiserie Turquerie During the long eighteenth … England so fully that the passion for the exotic led to various social interactions characterised by the refinement of manners and the love of luxury. The term ‘exotic’ - which must not be misunderstood with exoticism, a term coined in the …

Jane Austen [ Art and Literature ]

… Résumé As a novelist of manners and an acute observer of human interactions, Jane Austen analysed the implications of late Georgian and Regency … to be insufficient. For Austen’s central protagonists, true sociability is expressed not in the polite language and manners of earlier models of social intercourse but demonstrated through meaningful acts of consideration towards others. … whom Mr Knightley determines ‘can be amiable only in French, not in English’: ‘He may be very “aimable,” have very good manners, and be very agreeable; but he can have no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people’ ( Emma …

William Godwin (and his Diary) [ Philosophy / Politics / Political philosophy / Feelings and Emotions / Diaries & Letters ]

… But it raises questions about how he reconciled his extensive sociability with his critique of social conventions, manners and fashion.  Recognizing this tension should encourage us to see that the appearance of extensive sociability in … and a central feature of his philosophical outlook, profoundly influenced by Rousseau, was a disdain for the false manners and decorum of ‘society’ and the world of fashion. From this perspective, it seems puzzling that he should seem … But it raises questions about how he reconciled his extensive sociability with his critique of social conventions, manners and fashion.  Recognizing this tension should encourage us to see that the appearance of extensive sociability in …